Immigrant researchers and professors must often take low-paid “survival jobs” in the US. At Brooklyn’s summer Open Air University, they’re sharing their niche expertise.
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In Little Sodus Bay, High Water Again Afflicts Shoreline Businesses
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“Every time it rains, every time the wind blows from the wrong direction, we’re battling to stay dry, to stay open.”
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GOP To PA Governor: State Funding For Census Outreach Is Unnecessary
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“No. The federal government funds the census, so there’s no need for state dollars to go into the census.”
Peers Remember The David Bellavia They Knew Before He Earned The Medal Of Honor
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“I don’t really think a person receives an award. I think it’s the award is what people respect and the person is just the custodian of it.”
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PA Lawmakers Cosign $34-Billion Budget, But Negotiations Continue
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Democratic Appropriations Chair Matt Bradford said that while he has his gripes, “the simple reality is, there is much good news in this budget.”
A Former Jehovah’s Witness On Leaving The Faith And Moving To New York
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“I felt like everything that had mattered to me was gone,” Amber Scorah says of her decision to leave the Jehovah’s Witness community she grew up in. Her new memoir is Leaving The Witness.
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Contentious GOP Broome DA Race Nears End
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Republican voters in Broome County head to the polls today to select a candidate for District Attorney.
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A Multi-instrument Quartet Performs at Atomic Tom’s
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Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers and his quartet performs on Wednesday at Atomic Tom’s in Binghamton.
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Trade Disputes Raise New Fears Around Drug Shortages
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“It really is the new normal. You have to find something to help these patients. You can’t put this on the back burner. It’s got to be the first thing that you’re working on, all the time.”
Peace Bridge Marks Completion Of $100 Million Rehabilitation Project
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By widening the span, crews were able to put in a new bicycle and pedestrian path as well as a new observation deck right at the U.S.-Canada border line.
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PA’s Year-End Surplus Official. But It Won’t Last Long.
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The Independent Fiscal Office said Friday that the commonwealth can count on ending the year with $910 million to spare. That’s a jump from their initial estimate of $866 million in May.