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Battisti Holds Slim Lead Over Korchak in Broome DA Race
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Unofficial results show Battisti up by 137 votes
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Schuyler County Warns Of Hepatitis A At Local Restaurant
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Schuyler County health officials say people who dined at the Seneca Harbor Station restaurant in Watkins Glen this month may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.
Government
New Law Allowing Licenses For Undocumented Drivers Confuses Some County Clerks, Angers Others
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“Predominantly, these are folks that are not legally in the country and that brings up a whole bunch of other questions. I have some concerns about that.”
Government
Don’t Discuss Minimum Wage, GOP Speaker Tells Dems During PA Budget Debate
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“Frankly it was outrageous. We have the ability, we need the ability to debate the issues that are relevant to the bill.”
Environment
Groups Criticize PA Budget For Shifting $10-Million From Environmental Fund
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It’s absolutely the wrong direction to be decreasing, rather than increasing, our contributions to environmental programs through the state budget.”
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Child Victims Advocates Spread Word In Ithaca About New State Law
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Advocates said the most urgent change is the one-year ‘look-back’ window. It allows adult survivors younger than age 55 to file civil suits against their abusers and any responsible institution.
Medal Of Honor Awarded To New York Veteran
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Retired Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia received the nation’s highest medal for heroism for saving his squad in Fallujah, Iraq. Bellavia is the first living veteran of that war to be so honored.
Education
This New York Pop-Up School Taps Immigrants’ Expertise — By Making Them Teachers
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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.
Addiction
Advocates Vow The Fight To Legalize Marijuana Will Continue In 2020
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Advocates of legalizing adult recreational marijuana plan to spend the next six months convincing New York lawmakers that allowing the drug to be sold.
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Binghamton-Johnson City Sewer Plant Moves Closer to Private Management
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Bids from private firms for the right to take control of the publicly-owned plant are set to be opened Wednesday.