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Schools can vie for $500,000 grants for community programs 27 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
Thirty schools will be eligible for up to $500,000 in state grants through a new community-schools program launched Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo outlined the plan in his State of the State addre...
It’s “Women’s Equality Day,” so NY legislative leaders are debating 27 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am
Today is Women’s Equality Day in the U.S., commemorating Aug. 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the U.S Constitution was certified and gave women the right to vote. It also provided an opportunity ...
STAR registration open in WNY, Southern Tier 26 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
The re-registration process for STAR benefits continues this week in parts of the Southern Tier and western New York, including Erie, Monroe, and Chemung counties. Letters are going out this week in t...
Donald Trump channels Chris Cuomo’s family tree in CNN interview 26 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
It didn’t take long for Donald Trump to bring up Chris Cuomo’s gubernatorial brother during a CNN interview Monday morning. Trump, aggressively defending himself against a lawsuit filed Saturday by st...
IG alleges party time at Albany steam plant 26 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
On-the-job drinking, pictures of women on the walls and workers watching television, including “Dancing With The Stars,” were among the inappropriate behavior found at a state-run steam plant in Alban...
Donald Trump, Eric Schneiderman locked in lawsuit tussle 26 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
Say what you want about Donald Trump. In his pre-emptive defense against a lawsuit filed against him by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, you can’t say he’s not direct. “This website was creat...
DiNapoli: Our old pension computer system is “battle tested” (Updated) 24 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
The state’s pension system computer isn’t old, it’s just aging gracefully, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said today. In a 26-page response to a scathing state audit last week, DiNapoli refuted that the ...
Transcript: Obama’s remarks in Binghamton 24 Aug 2013 | 12:53 am
Here’s President Obama’s remarks and the questions that were asked of him during an hourlong town-hall meeting at Binghamton University. The event focused largely on college affordability, but also to...
Obama: College costs impeding on “American dream” 23 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
President Obama gave another push for his reforms to lower college costs at Binghamton University during a hourlong town hall event in which he answered questions about higher education, racial equali...
VIDEO: President Obama greeted by anti-fracking protesters 23 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
President Barack Obama’s motorcade made its way past hundreds of anti-fracking protesters who lined the Binghamton University campus road around noon on Friday. Here’s how it went down as he passed th...
