‘This is not money that’s used to necessarily fill in potholes. This is more to rebuild or reconstruct roads or to do larger paving projects.”
Energy
Japan Looks Beyond Electric Cars And Envisions A ‘Hydrogen Society’
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The country has ambitious goals to become the “hydrogen society,” and right now, the focus is on its automakers.
News
‘Hyperloop’ Cargo From Philly To Pittsburgh? It May Not Be Far-Fetched
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Envision commercial goods packed in giant capsules and moving in vacuum-sealed steel tubes hurtling from one end of the state to the other in under a half hour.
‘American Chopper’ Unveils Bike To Support Western New York’s Vietnam Memorial project
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A downstate built custom motorcycle meant to support a project to bring a traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall to Western New York permanently was unveiled in a nationally-televised broadcast
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Advocates Call On NY Lawmakers To Expand Access To Driver’s Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants
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With budget negotiations continuing in Albany, activists from around the state gathered Tuesday in the capital to demand that legislation be included to expand access to driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants.
Government
Advocates Want 50 percent Increase In NY Public Transportation Funding
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Public transportation advocates in central New York are calling on state budget makers to put more money in this year’s spending plan for bus systems across upstate.
Featured in Category
Secretary: Turnpike Could Be Headed For “Catastrophic” Reckoning
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Lawmakers grilled state transportation officials over the turnpike’s ongoing funding issues in a budget hearing Tuesday. The Turnpike Commission is behind on payments to the state amid a lawsuit over its rising tolls.
PA Has Registered Some Non-Citizens To Vote, But Usually Not On Purpose
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Claims of massive illegal voting by noncitizens have routinely been disproved, but some noncitizens end up on the voter rolls, often by accident. Now, states are trying to fix that.
News
Erie Canal Corporation Wraps Up Embankment Work This Summer
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Renovations on the Erie Canal have been causing a rift between some canal side residents and the state’s Canal Corporation for about a yearnow.A final set of public meetings will be held Monday & Tuesday ahead of the last phase of the project.
News
Law Enforcement Describes Deadly Boeheim Crash As ‘Horrible, Sad Tragedy’
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Law enforcement officials are describing a deadly car accident involving Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim as a horrible, sad tragedy. Boeheim hit and killed a man who was fleeing a disabled vehicle on Interstate 690 in Syracuse.
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Finger Lakes, Southern Tier Airports Get New Infrastructure Funding
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Airports in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes are getting some infrastructure funding.