cortland county

The legislature voted to rescind a decision to change retired county workers’ health insurance. This comes amid a drawn-out legal battle over the plan, after retirees sued the county.

Nearly 200 retired Cortland County workers are suing over plans to change their retirement health insurance from a traditional Medicare plan to a privately-run Medicare Advantage plan.

Republican candidate Scott Steve declared victory in Cortland’s mayoral race over Tuesday night. He leads Democrat Bruce Tytler by just over 200 votes.

Kelles has been a Tompkins County legislator since 2015.

So far, 55 students have been suspended or banned from campus because of COVID violations.

Tuesday's 90-minute debate was sponsored by local chapters of the League of Women Voters.

“That’s not a responsible way to handle a problem."

"It would just be a disaster. It's, it would just be awful in every area."

"It takes that one person walking through the door. That one person being curbside that happens to cough on me, then who knows."

Four regional counties were allowed to restart the procedures on Wednesday.