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Albany Classic Race Round the Houses entrant wants more women in motorsport

Racing through city streets at more than 150km/h while a crowd cheers is a rush Sarah Fry says more women need to experience.

ABC News · Jun 5, 2022

New York lawmakers strengthen abortion laws, legal protections for providers

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers are buttressing the state’s abortion laws and providing stronger legal protections for service providers ahead of the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

New York raising age for purchasing semiautomatic weapons to 21 as part of gun law package

ALBANY, N.Y. — Following a pair of heinous tragedies, Gov. Hochul and state lawmakers announced a deal Tuesday on a package of bills that will tighten New York’s already strict gun laws and raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle to 21.

Tribune News Service · May 31, 2022

New York congressional and state Senate maps finalized by upstate court

ALBANY, N.Y. — An upstate judge signed off late Friday on a new set of congressional and state Senate maps drawn up by a court-appointed expert tasked with crafting nonpartisan boundaries.

Tribune News Service · May 21, 2022

National Road Safety Week prompts WA man Greg Cross to share drink driving story

Albany father Greg Cross says young people might look at him and think, 'Poor bugger', but they could be in his situation in the "blink of an eye".

ABC News · May 20, 2022

Hochul to strengthen gun laws, target online extremism and white supremacy in response to Buffalo mass shooting

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a package of executive orders and legislative actions Wednesday strengthening New York’s gun laws and targeting domestic terrorism in response to the deadly race-based mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.

Tribune News Service · May 18, 2022

O'Connor MP Rick Wilson spends nearly $2,000 on chartered flight to football game

A Western Australian MP chartered a private plane to fly from Albany to Narrogin return in September last year to attend the Upper Great Southern Football League grand final.

ABC News · May 18, 2022

Drone footage captures shark feeding frenzy off the coast of Albany as whale carcass washes up

A shark feeding frenzy is filmed by a fisher off Western Australia's coast where an alert remains in place for Norman Beach due to a whale carcass in the area.

ABC News · May 16, 2022

Radiation clinic at Albany hospital set to open by end of year, WA government says

Construction of the $13m facility has been delayed by pandemic-driven disruptions, but the government is assuring the people of the Great Southern that they don't have much longer to wait.

ABC News · May 12, 2022

NY Senate Democrats to pass package of bills inspired by deadly Bronx fire

ALBANY, N.Y. — Senate Democrats plan to pass a package of bills this week aimed at addressing issues raised by the deadly January fire that ripped through a Bronx apartment building and left 17 people dead.

Tribune News Service · May 9, 2022