Homelessness funding. Charter schools denied.

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Day 2: Heat advisory noon-8p.m. today.

Temperatures are expected to remain high through Wednesday. See our weather information “below the fold” (scroll down).

They’re an American band: Grand Funk Railroad is coming

The classic rock band from the 70s, Grand Funk Railroad, is coming to your town because they like to party down. They’re an American band that will perform at Rivers Casino in Schenectady, Nippertown is reporting.

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Charter schools denied

The SUNY Charter Schools Institute has rejected the applications of two schools looking to open in September 2026, the Daily Gazette is reporting. The Montessori-style Schenectady Scholars Charter School and the Urban Collegiate Academy Charter School were denied. Only about 38% of the schools win approval on their first application, the story says.

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Commissioner to county: Fund homelessness programs

Saratoga County is not doing enough to support housing initiatives for the homeless, Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Finance tells the Times Union. Homelessness is a bigger issue than the city alone can handle, and the county needs to financially support homelessness programming more, she said. But the county is proud of its lowest-in-the-state spending per resident (homeless or housed), and still it spends $6.3 million on homelessness issues, the story says.

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Harding Mazzotti buys rights to hockey arena.

The Glens Falls Civic Center, home to the ECHL’s Adirondack Thunder, known formally for now as the Cool Insuring Arena, has a new name: Harding Mazzotti Arena, a story in the Post-Star says. The Capital District law firm and the hockey team announced the change yesterday and new signs go up this week, the story says.

NYS: Upgrading your septic gets cheaper

Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has signed legislation that increases the amount of money put toward septic system upgrades, says the Adirondack Explorer. Homeowners may be reimbursed for 75% of the cost of installing an advanced septic system designed to reduce phosphorus, nitrogen and other pollution to nearby waterways with the total paid by the state capped at $25,000, the story says.

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Below the fold:

Getting clubby in the legislature, maybe. NYS’s immigration lawsuit. Years in the making: GF developer has plan, buys property. Weather, traffic and stocks.