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The council pulled money from new positions proposed by the mayor and applied it toward housing entities.
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WAER staff won awards for best spot news coverage, best sports story and honorable mention for best news feature by Syracuse Press Club. -
Patrona Jones-Rowser was among those who voted 5 to 4 on legislation that gives council and the city clerk more oversight of the CRB> -
Only a handful of residents turned out to offer feedback on the nearly one billion dollar spending plan. -
The Small Business Development Center at Onondaga Community College is marking National Small Business Week. -
Most expressed frustration over the lack of engagement from the common council, which narrowly approved the changes last week. The charter requires the mayor to hold a public hearing on any local law. -
Hochul and state lawmakers approved $400 million in public and private funds for the project known as Empire AI in the new state budget.
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Every spring, a remarkable sight unfolds in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles, as thousands of songbirds fly north.
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Hamas put out a statement saying it agrees to a proposal put forward by international negotiators to halt the seven-month war with Israel. But we are still waiting on details about the agreement.
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The vast majority of U.S. college students are not taking part in campus protests over the war in Gaza. Students at University of Massachusetts-Boston share why they are choosing to stay out of it.
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In the U.K., there are growing calls for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a national election this summer, after his party suffered heavy losses in last week's local elections.
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When a public school couldn't attract a theater teacher, it hired a stand-up comedian. School lunch is taking a ribbing, but the school says the students are learning useful academic skills.