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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to reform the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and offer relief to thousands of New York borrowers.

In this year's local office election, Central New Yorkers will see five statewide ballot proposals that will amend the state constitution. We look at three of them related to voting and elections.

Onondaga County’s Redistricting Commission is forging ahead with its plans to redraw legislative district maps before election day despite strong objections from one commissioner. There’s concern about the tight timeframe for the commission to do its work and for the public to offer its feedback.

With the U.S.-Canada border set to reopen in November to vaccinated Canadian travelers, local tourism groups are hoping this boosts the struggling industry and local businesses

Governor Kathy Hochul issued a public apology for a state policy that required nursing homes to take covid-positive residents back from the hospital at the height of the pandemic.

Syracuse University and Le Moyne College held and event to examine "Moral Injury", a sense of damaged conscience many feel. The concept is linked to the abrupt withdrawal, leaving afghan translators and other helpers behind, and uncertainty of the value of their service. Syracuse has the Moral Injury Project.

State Attorney General Letitia James brought her Heal New York tour to Utica and Syracuse Tuesday, delivering nearly $37 million to the region to combat the opioid epidemic. The nearly $1.5 billion being distributed statewide comes from different settlements negotiated by her office following the March 2019 lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of the painkillers.

The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse is partnering with Wegmans to offer flu shots on Wednesday, while the Village of Liverpool will work with Walgreens to host a clinic on Thursday.

Columbus Day festivities went on as planned late Monday morning in Syracuse’s Columbus Circle, despite plans to remove the monument. Later in evening, in the same location, proponents of removing the monument held a “Replace Columbus” observance.

SU athletics kicked off the 50th anniversary of Title IX with special recognitions and other events.