Daily Digest: Rensselaer County officials vow to defy state order to terminate ICE partnership

Also: Albany Medical College welcomes Class of 2030 • HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 16

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Good morning! Check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Nicholas Buonanno, Regional Assistant Managing Editor.   • Local news • E-edition • Obituaries • Sports • Rensselaer County officials vow to defy state order to terminate ICE partnership State Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that the new state Office of Immigrant Trust (OIT) sent 12 letters to local law enforcement agencies calling for them to cease participating in 287(g) programs, including the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department. Read more → Albany Medical College welcomes Class of 2030 Albany Medical College recently held a White Coat Ceremony to welcome its Class of 2030. Read more → HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 16 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL BANKROLL: $1,212.63 I offered some advice to any young people reading this section on Sunday, and I’ll do it again here: Remember who’s nice and kind to you when you’re starting your professional career, and appreciate it immensely because not everybody will be. For many years, Sybille Cowan was the first face anyone saw when entering the Siena University athletic offices. This included the two years I worked there, from 2010 to 2012, and I can attest that everyone, to a person, loved her. The hours are long in that field, but she helped cultivate […] Read more → Snapshot: HVCC and RPI host semiconductor Train-the-Trainer Program Hudson Valley Community College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) partnered to host a five-day Semiconductor Train-the-Trainer Program for local high school teachers. The training took place on Hudson Valley Community College’s Troy campus from Monday, July 13, through Friday, July 17. Read more → Saratoga Regional Health Center celebrates opening with ribbon-cutting The Saratoga Regional Health Center, a new multi-specialty medical campus located at 612 Maple Ave., is officially open and has begun to provide patients access to a variety of specialty care and services all in one convenient location. Read more → FROM OFF THE PACE: A rivalry in the making? SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — In the days leading up to this year’s Coaching Club American Oaks, the word “rivalry” was used in referring to the two favorites in the race, Counting Stars and Always a Runner. The two three-year-old’s had split decisions in two G1s leading up to Saturday’s race, with Always a Runner besting her rival in the Kentucky Oaks and Counting Stars winning the Acorn Stakes five weeks later. The CCA Oaks would be their third straight encounter with, depending on how things went on Saturday, a possible fourth G1 meeting in the Alabama on Aug. 22. When […] Read more → Gillibrand urges establishing a nationwide right to IVF, lower IVF costs U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, joined a bicameral group of colleagues to reintroduce the Right to IVF Act, a sweeping legislative package that would make it easier to access in-vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technology for the millions of hopeful parents who depend on it to build their family. Read more →

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