August 2024 – Present
Reporter for the Times Union
A daily news and print publication
Capital Region, New York
The Times Union is a daily online and print news publication that covers New York State’s Capital Region. I cover laws impacting local businesses, the fluctuations of the farm industry, unique business endeavors, and New York State’s newly legalized and tumultuous cannabis industry. Though I’m on the business desk, I also write about the negotiations with the Albany Med nurses union, opioid relief efforts, and local community organizing.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Lori Van Buren
Business owners say the license process is subjective, which ultimately causes enforcement by bias. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / photo by kelsey Brown
Producers hope for USDA changes to approve ‘on-farm kills’ and meat sales. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Lori Van Buren
Cultivators and processors are forced to pay taxes on a quarterly basis and often before they have been paid for their products. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Jim franco
For Molly Tremante, a day of sourcing new inventory for her vintage shop and hair salon, The Rabbit Lounge, requires a face mask and gloves. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / photo by jim franco
The Pretty Alright Breakfast Club in Voorheesville cracks over 10,000 eggs each month. The rise in egg prices has been strenuous for consumers, but for businesses reliant on eggs, it’s hatched a bigger problem. Read the full article here.
By kelsey brown / photo by jim franco
More than 50 activists gathered outside venue Thursday in response to artist’s statements about the war in Gaza. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Joan Geitz
Willie Nelson Jr., a local icon affectionately known as the Mayor of Lark Street died on Dec. 31. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / photo by Will Waldron
Producers hope for USDA changes to approve ‘on-farm kills’ and meat sales. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Lori Van Buren
If he was going to leave his mark on anything in Albany, Craig Earle wanted it to be iconic. It made sense then to buy the Fuze Box, a nightclub with decades of history. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Jim franco
The legalization of recreational cannabis in New York has spurred a new source of revenue for garden centers and nurseries. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / photo by Brendan Monk
A fire consumed a barn Tuesday night at Samascott Orchards in Kinderhook. Read the full article here.
By kelsey brown / photo by jim franco
Farm Aid organized a tour of Breadtree Farms, a newer small business that’s teamed up with a legacy family farmland owner in Rensselaer County. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Lori Van Buren
Landfills capture what is called leachate and truck it to water treatment plants. But there are thousands of chemicals contained within that are still released into rivers. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / photo by kelsey Brown
Albany Med offered the New York State Nurses Association its “best and final offer” on Tuesday night after six months of negotiations. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Lori Van Buren
With two shootings and a fight occurring in the last week on Lark Street, many business owners see the surge in violence as a result of longstanding issues that have been a problem for years. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / Photo by Jim franco
Presidential candidates float eliminating federal taxes on tips. But if it would meaningfully help servers is up for debate. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / photo by Will Waldron
At Locust Grove Smokehouse in Argyle, a family-run meat processor and slaughterhouse, a rise in custom meat cuts, which owner Dean Tripp said is spurred by online trends, is slowing down production. Read the full article here.
By Kelsey Brown / photo by kelsey Brown
Pine West Plaza businesses are suing Albany’s planning board to block the relocation of the Camino Nuevo methadone clinic to the complex on Washington Avenue Extension. Read the full article here.
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