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The legislature voted to rescind a decision to change retired county workers’ health insurance. This comes amid a drawn-out legal battle over the plan, after retirees sued the county.
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Nearly 200 retired Cortland County workers are suing over plans to change their retirement health insurance from a traditional Medicare plan to a privately-run Medicare Advantage plan.
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Just as the reforms were about to go into effect, Gov. Kathy Hochul put them on hold, citing an ongoing shortage of health care workers.
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“This is an emergency. Please, people need to act like it's an emergency."
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An emergency declaration passed by the sewage board allows it to make purchases and sign contracts outside normal procedures.
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The school board at Chenango Forks Central School District voted unanimously to end the district's mask requirements as soon as the statewide mandate is lifted.
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"When everyone in our community is healthy, our state will be healthy, and our nation will be healthy."
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Plant officials say the new facility is still processing sewage and residents should be unaffected.
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A federal grant funds the ‘AgriSafe Helpline’ effort.
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There have been nearly 50 overdoses since this year began, more than half in the past two weeks.
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The Food and Drug Administration recently limited certain monoclonal antibody drugs used to treat COVID patients, because they don't seem to be effective against the omicron variant.
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Broome County is still reporting hundreds of positive COVID-19 cases each week, but numbers have continued to fall.