ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Local Fire Departments have responded to multiple fires throughout the Capital Region this winter. Making the job even more of a challenge, staffing issues. Schenectady is ...

Boston firefighters in search of promotions will not sit for a test on Saturday after a judge ruled against their attempt to force the state to administer the exam as originally planned. Suffolk ...

Among President Donald Trump’s boldest power grabs is the one he is making to seize control of the federal workforce, transforming an army of nonpartisan civil service workers into a loyal fiefdom.

ALBANY -- If all goes as planned, New York state will begin paying off a $45 million settlement in a month to resolve a little-publicized civil rights lawsuit. Known as Simpson v. NYS Civil Service ...

Boston firefighters are suing the state’s civil-service office and appealing to the commission in an effort to persuade a judge to force the recently scuttled test to go ahead. Four Boston jakes filed ...

Mayor Gary McCarthy speaks in September in Schenectady. McCarthy reappointed General Services Commissioner Paul LaFond even though LaFond failed a required civil service test. SCHENECTADY — ...