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Advocates for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program are calling on the governor to increase its funding by $250 million to $848 million in the proposed state budget.
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In response to widespread unsanctioned walkouts by corrections officers, New York state temporarily suspended parts of the HALT Act, which limits the use of extended solitary confinement in prisons and jails. Local criminal justice reform activists argue the law has never been fully enforced.
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It's been three years since Russia invaded Ukraine. Amid uncertainty over whether the U.S. policy on the war will change, members of Binghamton’s Ukrainian community gathered to remember the lives lost and call for the U.S. to continue its support.
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Burnett previously worked as deputy chief of staff for Democratic state Sen. Lea Webb, whose district includes Binghamton. He is the first candidate this year to publicly announce a run for mayor.
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Many farmers already paid for equipment that the federal government said it would reimburse. Now, it’s unclear when or if they’ll get that money.
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Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III issued a memo calling for a temporary pause to parts of the HALT Act—or—Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement, due to a prison-wide state of emergency.
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The fire gutted the 133-year-old structure last week, leaving a brick shell of the building. Demolition crews leveled the rest of it to the ground earlier this week.
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Gov. Hochul deployed New York National Guard troops to state prisons as hundreds of corrections officers strike to call attention to staffing and safety issues.
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There’s an image that many of us have of the Underground Railroad: enslaved people fleeing at night, being hunted by slave catchers, heading northward through a series of tunnels and hidden rooms. And while those moments did exist, they have somewhat overshadowed what the Underground Railroad was really about: the people.
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Counties across New York receive funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after disasters.
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The state’s energy power authority was set to nearly triple its rates for hydroelectricity through 2028. Gov. Kathy Hochul told NYPA to “figure out a better way forward.”
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt its funding freeze for programs related to protecting the environment. But several grant recipients say their funding remains inaccessible or uncertain.