Daily Digest: Rensselaer awarded $10M DRI grant; Watervliet given $4.5M NY Forward grant

Also: Individual game tickets on sale for 2026 ValleyCats season • HORSE RACING: NYRA announces Saratoga purse increases

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Friday, March 27, 2026

Happy Friday! Hope everyone is having a great week and has a great weekend ahead. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner, Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries Rensselaer awarded $10M DRI grant; Watervliet given $4.5M NY Forward grant RENSSELAER, N.Y. — In a packed room at City Hall, New York Secretary of State Walter Mosley announced on behalf of Gov. Kathy Hochul that Rensselaer will receive $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) funding, with W… Read more → Individual game tickets on sale for 2026 ValleyCats season TROY, N.Y. – All tickets for the 2026 Tri-City ValleyCats season are officially available for fans across the Capital District on TCValleyCats.com, by phone at 518-629-CATS, or in-person through the Box Office at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium t… Read more → HORSE RACING: NYRA announces Saratoga purse increases SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced major purse increases to overnight races at Saratoga Race Course, where purse levels will be raised by nearly 14 percent blended across all categories during t… Read more → Three-sport Cohoes eighth grader Camryn LaFortune readies for varsity softball season Cohoes eighth grader Camryn LaFortune's sports schedule for the 2025-2026 school year has been locked and loaded. In the fall, Camryn played soccer for the Cohoes High School girls' varsity team. In the winter, she kicked off her cleats and replaced them with a pair of sneakers, competing on the Tigers' girls' varsity basketball team. […] Read more → Federal judge temporarily blocks the Pentagon from branding AI firm Anthropic a supply chain risk The judge said the "broad punitive measures" appeared arbitrary and capricious could "cripple Anthropic." Read more → 9 sickened in E. coli outbreak tied to a California company's raw milk and cheese The outbreak has been linked to Raw Farm, a Fresno, California, producer. Read more → Iran starts to formalize its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz with a 'toll booth' regime Traffic through the Strait has fallen by 90% since the start of the Iran war. Read more → Trump-endorsed effort to repeal Utah's anti-gerrymandering law fails to make the ballot The unlikely wins for Democrats in deep-red Utah come amid a national redistricting fight. Read more → A Minneapolis woman recounts death of Alex Pretti as lawyers eye a class action lawsuit Georgia Savageford says she saw federal agents kill Pretti, and it will haunt her forever. Read more → North Carolina's photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law The decision is a win for Republican leaders who initially passed the law in 2018. Read more → Closing some US airports due to TSA staffing would have big consequences, experts say Federal officials warned that staffing shortages may close some smaller airports. Read more → Education Department headquarters will relocate as part of Trump's dismantling The Energy Department will assume the lease in the building. Read more →

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