A $30-thousand American Cancer Society grant will help with outreach for smokers and ex-smokers to get lung cancer screenings form Upstate Cancer Center. A separate grant aids transportation.
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An investigation found father and son landlords Brian and Harry Murphy repeatedly failed to remediate nearly two dozen of properties, exposing children to high levels of lead.
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NYSCOPBA, the union that represents state prison workers, said the situation is "increasingly unstable and dangerous for everyone who lives and works behind the walls."
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Up to $3.5 million in public funding is at stake.
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State legislators passed a fifth budget extender on Monday as the governor and lawmakers continue to try to reach a final state budget agreement.
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Drivers have probably seen signs or received an alert on their I-81 Connect app.
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Proceeds from the event benefitting the Food Bank of CNY for the 12th year in a row.
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Florida Democrat Sheila Chefilus-McCormick announced on Tuesday she will step down from Congress, becoming the third House member to resign this month.
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A little-known division inside the Justice Department that reviews immigration court appeals is turning President Trump's immigration policy agenda into law.
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The Justice Department indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center Tuesday, alleging the civil rights group defrauded donors by using their money to pay informants to infiltrate extremist groups.