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The Ithaca Common Council voted unanimously to allow a bike-share program to operate in the city for the first time since March 2020.

City employees, from building managers to engineers, testified about their frustrations with contract negotiations and what they say are stagnant wages.

Acting Mayor Laura Lewis says given the current job market, she thinks it’s unrealistic for the police department to fill all 15 vacant positions in one year.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (D) discusses the state's finances six months after the state budget was passed.

"There are only so many projects that we can take on," Talbot said. "[Tompkins and Cortland counties] do not have deep pockets, neither one of you."

One contributor to the spending increase is Hochul’s plan to pump $10 billion into the state’s health care workforce.

The petitioners have been arguing Pennsylvania’s school system is so underfunded, it violates the state constitution.

Most schools under the PASSHE umbrella will be getting a several million dollar funding boost this year.

“This is a tremendous bipartisan effort. We are talking about historic investment in education for our children.”

County programs will get their first significant increase in over a decade — though some details remain uncertain.