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In this issue: Ohio, NY Democratic parties weigh in on statewide races, Schumer backs Bowman in NY-16

NEW YORK — As the state Republican convention approaches, the party’s colorful primary campaign for governor began to take a more defined shape this week, and even gained a late entry.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has fortified her frontrunner status in the governor’s race, as she formally received the endorsement of the state’s Democratic party

The state’s Democratic nominating convention tests the party’s big-tent agenda as it fights for its political future against ‘existential’ threats to democracy, Alex Woodward reports

In this issue: A primary rematch in NY-12 and dueling endorsements in MI-11’s incumbent-vs.-incumbent primary

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is backing Kathy Hochul in the New York governor’s race

Getting on the blue-states-loosening-mask-rules bandwagon, Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday announced that she’s letting the state’s indoor face-covering mandate lapse. With COVID-19 transmission and hospitalization rates way down across New York — and 82% of adults fully vaccinated, a bulwark that is likely what kept omicron from killing in far larger…

The governors of New York and Massachusetts announced on Wednesday that they would end certain mask mandates in their states, joining a growing list of US state leaders planning to lift face-covering rules as the latest Covid-19 surge eases.

NEW YORK — New York’s statewide mask mandate will end Thursday, two months after it was first announced, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, but a mandate in schools is set to remain in effect until early March.