There's the usual food, music, and vendors in Clinton Square. But the festivities will also include a Miss Juneteenth Pageant, a parade, baseball game, and other events.
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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.
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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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Tech Valley shuttle is looking to expand its low- to no-cost shuttle from the Capital region
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SU students join other campuses in anti-war protest
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Syracuse Common Councilors approved the amendments to the legislation governing the Citizen Review Board last week. The mayor will either sign or veto the changes.
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President Joe Biden confirmed a $6 billion federal investment for the Micron Microchip plant that will reboot manufacturing in US that had largely moved to Asia.
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Auto workers are doing what long seemed impossible – unionizing in the South. The United Auto Workers chief Shawn Fain's connection with workers and willingness to fight have led to the resurgence.
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The question of how to define antisemitism and what to do about it is unfolding across the U.S. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with two journalists who have tried to find some clarity in the fog.
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Four nonprofits joined a federal lawsuit to protect people in Texas prisons from the heat. It's one of several attempts over the years to address this issue, but efforts haven't gotten much traction.
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Forecasters say most of the U.S. is set to have a hotter summer, and 2024 will be one of the five hottest years ever recorded. Meanwhile, hot water in the Atlantic means more fuel for hurricanes.
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Author Kazuo Ishiguro and jazz singer Stacey Kent turned a friendship into a songwriting collaboration. Sixteen lyrics have been compiled in a new book The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain.