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The steaks stacked in the coolers of butcher shops in New York may be marketed as local, but just what that label means varies widely.
The state actually has no definition for classifying whether beef sold under that label is locally produced; the...
New York’s farms employ about 60,000 people and no one knows how many of those workers are here illegally. According to one estimate, 70% of the state’s agricultural workforce is undocumented. The Innovation Trail’s Matt Richmond...
Voters in New York go to the polls on May 21st to approve new school budgets. The State School Boards Association finds that many school districts are living within the limits imposed by a property tax cap enacted two years ago.
The School...
Everyone with an Ithaca connection - from being born and raised there to attending school to shopping - has been invited to write about their activities and thoughts on the same day. On Friday, May 17, "One Day in Ithaca" replicates the...
The Senate Judiciary Committee spent Tuesday amending the 844-page immigration reform bill, legislation that includes changes to guest worker programs. And as the Innovation Trail’s Matt Richmond reports, that may mean good news for farmers in...
The Legislative Ethics Commission released its report on the sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez. It’s conclusions have New York’s National Organization for Women calling for a vote of no confidence...
