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The first five years are critical for a child’s brain development, and reading can have a big effect at that time.But not everyone has access to reading materials.
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New York legislators are beginning what they hope is the final stretch to accord on a state budget before it’s due at the end of the month.
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Negotiations continue until the budget’s April 1 deadline.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to raise criminal penalties for anyone who assaults a store employee. Democrats in the Legislature say they'd rather focus more closely on repeat offenders.
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With the spring comes an increased risk of wildfires. New York state will begin enforcing its annual burn ban.
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Tom Carle is looking to get on the ballot as the Democratic candidate to challenge the Republican incumbent for New York’s 23rd Congressional District.
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Some state lawmakers want to take health insurance companies out of the business of providing home health care. They say it’s a failed experiment that’s costing the state too much money that could better go to directly paying for that care.
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Under Pennsylvania’s system of funding schools, wealthy communities with high local tax bases can adequately fund their schools.
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Binghamton University’s Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity officially opened the trail Tuesday.The center also unveiled the design for a new statue of Tubman to be placed next to the first marker on the trail alongside the Chenango River.
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Jason Londo, an associate professor of fruit crop physiology at Cornell University, says if cooler temperatures remain through April, fruit crops may have a better chance of surviving a late freeze.
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The Assembly and Senate want to restore Gov. Kathy Hochul's reductions to school aid, embark on an ambitious affordable housing program, and raise taxes on the rich.
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A women’s roller derby league has asked a New York court to invalidate a Republican official's order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities, saying it violates state law.