Albany Times Union - 2023-12-29

• It’s lasers vs. pigeons at the state Capitol — the birds are winning
• Danny Masterson sent to state prison
• No-excuse mail-in voting still open to all New Yorkers, for now
• Good riddance to 2023
• How Columbia’s president avoided Israel-hamas fallout
• Court action puts Voting Rights Act — and democracy — at risk
• Trump doesn’t get a pass for criminal acts committed in office
• Even-year elections will boost turnout
• A tweak worth making
• Drach in running for post at Union
• COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL CAPSULES
• Monangai runs for 163 yards, TD in Rutgers’ win over Miami
• Snuggerud’s hat trick paces U.S.
• Bills’ Miller claims violence allegation­s ‘100 percent false’
• HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL RANKINGS
• Felon: Guns needed because of riot fears in hometown
• Year-end meeting raises eyebrows
• HELPING OUT
• Schenectad­y woman’s selflessne­ss, devotion recalled
• New Schenectad­y County hangar is goal
• Stocks waver in muted trading
• Activists: Big Oil should pay for climate change damage
• Weight loss drugs out of reach for many
• THE DAILY CROSSWORD
• What to watch
• Son’s pushy new wife ‘overreacte­d’ to bedbugs in guest room, right?
• Wife imagines her life with another partner

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