Ellen Abbott
Reporter, SyracuseEllen produces news reports and features related to events that occur in the greater Syracuse area and throughout Onondaga County. Her reports are heard regularly in regional updates in Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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A federal judge upheld an injunction that is preventing some regions in New York from issuing cannabis dispensary licenses. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed budget could cost counties across the state to lose out on Medicaid funding.
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Syracuse’s obsolete zoning laws could get a big upgrade with the completion of a final draft ordinance for ReZone Syracuse.
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Officials at the State University of New York will be paying close attention when Gov. Kathy Hochul presents her budget in Albany.
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New York state officials are staying vigilant about one cause of a nationwide egg shortage: the avian flu.
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Mayor Ben Walsh's yearly State of the City speech unveiled several new initiatives that focus on youth, neighborhoods, public safety and infrastructure among other things.
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Immigrant Advocates want the state to expand unemployment benefits to individuals who now don’t qualify for it.
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While it’s taken a while for dispensaries to begin operating across the state, higher education has gotten on board.
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The fact-finding process has begun into Onondaga County's proposal to close the Jamesville Correctional Facility and bring all corrections operations to the Downtown Justice Center in Syracuse.
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In a city used to regular reports of gunshots, the death of a Syracuse 11-year-old Brexialee Torres-Ortiz has taken concern over gun violence to a higher level.
