CT and union leaders agree to reform disability pension system ‘to root out fraud’ | For the first time in decades, the system will be overhauled. The changes were prompted by a recent CT Insider investigation that exposed problems. ctinsider.com/connecticut/ar… by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

The inimitable Dan Clark is leading a conversation with Governor Kathy Hochul at the Hearst Tower today. Matching shades of pink! Hochul sorta evades question on what Schumer/Jeffries’ recent private convos with Biden mean. “As long as Joe Biden’s in it, I’m there with him.”

Hi! I sat down with Governor Kathy Hochul at HEARST Tower today for a wide-ranging interview. Read about it from Raga Justin (and watch it): timesunion.com/state/article/…

HELLO 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 It is I, your resident Californian and Washington correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle!

Well-reported and moving investigation by Chris Hippensteel -- a must-read! timesunion.com/news/article/a…

Btw, if you'd like a real deep dive into Kamala Harris and her biography going back to childhood, my former colleagues Joe Garofoli & King Kaufman did a 6-part podcast on her when I was at San Francisco Chronicle. (It happened to win a Webby) Check it out here: podfollow.com/chronicled/view

We happened to be at Oxbow Lake the weekend after, and it was surreal seeing all the trees down. Now, meteorologists confirm two more tornadoes hit Adirondacks July 16 timesunion.com/news/article/m… via @TimesUnion

New York has had at least 18 tornadoes in July alone. timesunion.com/news/article/m… via @TimesUnion

Biden nominates former U.S. Rep. Brindisi for federal judge in NY's Northern District. Brindisi also served several terms in state Assembly. timesunion.com/capitol/articl… via @TimesUnion

Such good news--->Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan in a major multi-country prisoner swap bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #journalismisnotacrime

The The Wall Street Journal’s piece about the secret negotiations to free Evan Gershkovich ends with an incredible anecdote:

Inside today’s Wall Street Journal:

The McManus family alleges emergency room delays led to 3-year-old's death at Albany Med hospital and they’re suing for wrongful death. Micah died in October 2022 from a pulmonary embolism and spent 17 hours in the ER on the day of his death timesunion.com/news/article/a…

A local family is suing Albany Medical Center for wrongful death and medical malpractice after their child died in the hospital's pediatric emergency room. They allege delays in an overcrowded ER contributed to his death timesunion.com/news/article/a…

The state Department of Health has completed a “staffing deficiency report” on Albany Medical Center Hospital. Nurses say there is an inadequate staffing there. The state's findings have not yet been revealed. timesunion.com/business/artic…

Many American workers are clocking in fewer hours than they used to. In NY, data suggests average weekly working hours reached their lowest levels in 17 years in February. What’s happening? timesunion.com/state/article/…

Me and my colleagues at Gothamist & @wnyc spent the last 10 months poring over 100s of lawsuits filed last year by women who say they were sexually assaulted by city employees while they were held at Rikers Island. My final story is out today. This is what we found, a 🧵:

After another terrible school shooting in Georgia, sadly this story remains relevant: New York has had 76 school shooting incidents since 1971. Here's what they show us. timesunion.com/news/article/N…