After a trying Labor Day weekend in which the overarching storyline was House Democrats' increasingly gloomy prospects for holding the majority, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pushed back Tuesday by releasing a roundup of polling that showed the party in good standing in roughly a dozen competitive Democrat-held districts.

A new benefit in the Medicare Program can improve health and save livesby helping older smokers and tobacco users obtain counseling to help them stop their tobacco use, according to Michael J. Burg...

The two candidates in the 24 Congressional District agree: The current Social Security system should remain in place and not be privatized But Rep. Michael Arcuri, D-Utica, and Republican challenger Richard Hanna, of Barneveld, do have some differing opinions on how the government will have to respond to the program in the coming years.

Auburn was a campaign stop for the two candidates in the 24thCongressional District race this week.

The latest campaign finance figures are out for three localraces.