A statewide advocacy group is sounding the alarm over low teen literacy rates in New York state.

A panel of federal judges declined Monday to permanently appoint interim U.S. Attorney John Sarcone as the chief prosecutor for the Northern District of New York.

The upstate utilities estimate they will require a combined $16 billion in electrical investments over the coming years to maintain, upgrade an aging system.

Officials criticized the Trump administration for cutting funding to programs that provide meteorological data.

DuPont agreed to resolve the case after holding out for nearly a decade.

"The word that comes to mind is just destabilization," Budget Director Blake Washington said.