WASHINGTON — For the third year in a row, the nation’s economic recovery has hit a springtime soft spot. Reflecting that weakness, only 1 in 4 Americans now expects his or her own financial situation to improve over the next ...

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ALBANY — A new poll shows more New Yorkers support “hydrofracking” than oppose it, with support more common in downstate regions. A Siena College poll of registered voters found 42 percent support hydrofracking, which involves injecting a well with millions ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — It still divides us, but most Americans think President Barack Obama’s health care law is here to stay. More than 7 in 10 say the law will fully go into effect with some changes, ranging from minor ...

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ALBANY — A statewide poll finds New Yorkers think the secrecy and closed-door deals that led to last week state’s budget approval are unnecessary and a serious problem. The Quinnipiac University poll is a rebuke of the continued “three-men-in-a-room” method ...

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WASHINGTON — Most Americans want Congress to vote to continue the payroll tax reduction, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll that comes as Democrats and Republicans wrestle over whether to extend the cut through 2012. It’s the latest instance ...

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The Seneca Nation of Indians Tuesday released a poll of 1,000 Western New Yorkers that shows overwhelming support for the Nation’s gaming operations and negligible backing for statewide casino gambling. In the poll’s major finding, an 84 percent majority favor ...

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ALBANY — The push for a higher tax on New Yorkers making more than $1 million a year is getting fresh life with a new poll showing overwhelming support, a high-profile rally on Monday and the strengthening Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City.

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ALBANY — A new Siena College poll says voters are about evenly split in their opinions of a new state report outlining regulations that would allow high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in New York state.

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WASHINGTON — It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming." Americans seem not to have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon a new recession, imperil their stock market investments and shatter faith in the world's most powerful economy.

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ALBANY — A poll says the New York Legislature's top priority heading into the final weeks of the 2011 session should be passing a property tax cap. The Siena College poll says the next priorities should be an ethics reform law ...

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ATLANTA — Having a black president hasn't exactly led Americans to believe their country has moved closer to the ideal of racial equality preached by Martin Luther King Jr., according to a new poll.

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ALBANY— The poll that found New York's race for governor within six points a month ago now gives Democrat Andrew Cuomo an 18-point edge over Republican Carl Paladino.

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