Voters will decide Saturday whether to adopt a ward system for voters to elect town councilors, versus the current at-large model.
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After years of negotiations with the Onondaga County government, the Onondaga Nation plans to use the traditional land, near Jamesville prison, as a cemetery.
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Hochul says it will make voting easier for average, working New Yorkers who have to juggle jobs, and caring for children and perhaps elderly parents as well.
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Fire station #7 on East Fayette St. was closed in 2013 for financial and structural concerns.
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With the arts still recovering from the pandemic, Syracuse Opera is making some changes that will hopefully bring newer, younger audiences.
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New York State Thruway tolls set to increase in 2024 and 2027
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Diaper Need Awareness week highlights the ongoing and increasing struggles many families face to afford something as essential as food for babies.
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More than 80% of voters say the cost of living in New York State is a major problem, with the migrant influx and affordable housing following behind as intriguing issues. That's according to a new Siena College Research Institute poll, which Siena's Steve Greenberg weighed in on with WAMC News.
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Mayor Edilberto Molina relocated to a nearby town last year after drug-trafficking guerrillas threatened to kill him. He's not the only Colombian politician forced away by threats from criminal gangs.
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In a letter to state agency heads, Blake Washington, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget director, wrote that an end to three years of pandemic-era federal stimulus packages and lower-than-expected tax collections are fueling the gap, which is estimated to reach $9 billion next year.
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Author Hannah Carlson takes us through the history of that most essential fashion hack, pockets.
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Reporter John Otis catches up with one Colombian mayor who faces so many threats from criminal groups — that he's been forced to govern — largely from exile.