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Upstate Senator Disappointed With Legislative Session
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51st District Senator James Seward wanted to focus more on population decline in the Southern Tier and access to broadband internet.
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Delaware Sheriff’s Deputies Now Wear Body Cameras
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“In these days and times with a lot of negative attention being drawn toward the law enforcement community, the body camera really produces an unbiased witness to any type of incident.”
Ithaca Mayoral Race Now Contested
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In his bid for a third term, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick has an opponent The Tompkins County Board of Election confirmed that Adam Levine will be on the November ballot.
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Report: Concert Promoters Missed Payment Before Racetrack Pulled Out Of Woodstock 50
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This week, Watkins Glen Internationalsaid it would not host Woodstock 50, though the racetrack wouldn’t comment further.
News
St. Lawrence River Residents Debate Flooding; Great Lakes Commission Calls Emergency Meeting
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The IJC put a new management plan, Plan 2014, in place three years ago. Two out of those three years have brought severe flooding and millions of dollars in damage to the region.
Government
Brindisi Introduces Bill To Eliminate Automatic Pay Raises For Congress
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The House of Representatives won’t be getting a pay raise this year, after freshmen Democrats, including Rep. Anthony Brindisi (D-Utica) protested to leadership. Now, Brindisi and a bipartisan group of representatives are taking it a step further.
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PA’s Lyme Disease Bill Would Change Coverage Amid Controversy Over ‘Chronic’ Condition
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“For me it was dementia-type symptoms. It was forgetting how to go places that I’d been to a hundred times.”
Government
PA Governor Meets With Protesters Outside His Home; They Talk General Assistance
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“We would like [Wolf] to send back any budget that eliminates and guts General Assistance…and will cause people to die.”
Government
PA Republicans Still Refuse To Fund Voting Machine Upgrades
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“If it’s something that he wants to have done, it is his unfunded mandate. He needs to figure out where the money comes from for it.”
Affordable Housing
New Rent Law Allows Ithaca To Impose Tougher Restrictions On Landlords, But Should It?
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“The proposal itself would really discourage real estate investment at a time when New York state should be creating more incentives to attract people, grow businesses, and investment opportunities not only locally but in the entire state.”