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State gaming officials’ reaction to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s new report on gambling in New York was swift and, it would seem, telling.

Most people know tourism is big business in New York. But that fact bears repeating, and spelling out in detail.

Ramping up job growth will require effort on many fronts.

A continued decline in the college enrollment rate of new high school graduates would not be something to ignore.

Learning from the Medley Centre debacle surely could help prevent future fiascos.

The economy continues to add jobs, but the labor force participation rate remains unusually low.

To make reshoring even more attractive to U.S. manufacturers, education and training must be improved.

Ten years down the road, how the nation’s fiscal picture looks will largely be the result of actions taken now.

New York continues to give some of its wealthiest residents too many reasons to leave.

The budget worked out by the governor and legislative leaders contains a number of important reductions and reforms that will provide relief to businesses and individual taxpayers.

Let’s hope those who control the team’s fate will approach that responsibility by asking, “What would Ralph do?”

Rochester is not a city where the paramount problem is the outsize incomes of a wealthy few. Rather, growth in jobs is the surest route to reducing poverty and income inequality.

It’s not clear what can be done about the underemployment of many college graduates.

Remaining competitive globally is even more important today than it was 20 years ago.

Rent affordability affects not only low-income urban households but also recent college graduates at first jobs.