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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.

More than a week after the state Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge, Hochul says she still hasn’t decided whether to go to court to try to force the full Senate to vote on her choice.

The country’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy could be getting an overhaul. An FDA panel met Thursday and recommended a proposal that would make getting a COVID-19 shot an annual event.

Democrats on Binghamton City Council proposed legislation to hire a third party to conduct an independent investigation of the arrest of Hamail Waddell earlier this month, which Mayor Jared Kraham says is “moot” now the attorney general is involved.

The governor, in her State of the State message, proposed revisions to the law to make it easier for judges to set bail for more “serious crimes.”

Immigrant Advocates want the state to expand unemployment benefits to individuals who now don’t qualify for it.

After a universal free federal program ended, a group of state legislators are asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to include free school lunches in her 2024 Fiscal Year state budget.

A coalition of nursing homes says, if the state doesn’t increase its Medicaid reimbursement rates, the eldercare facilities may have to reduce the number of beds — or even shut down all together.

The Equal Rights Amendment include the right for pregnant people to choose abortion.

The Central New York Regional Transportation Authority or Centro is hiring.

While it’s taken a while for dispensaries to begin operating across the state, higher education has gotten on board.

A coalition of 13 upstate historic theatres is lobbying the state for $20 million in funding.