Tom Magnarelli
News Director-
President Joe Biden visited Syracuse Thursday to celebrate the $100-billion investment in central New York from the semiconductor and chip company Micron Technology. -
The lone debate between U.S. Senate candidates John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz was much like the campaign itself: nasty, brutish, and — especially for Democrats hoping to put an end to discussions of Fetterman’s health — perhaps not short enough.
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A unionization effort at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Rensselaer County failed Tuesday.
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A new report finds child poverty rates in the U.S. fell dramatically between 1993 and 2019.
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Latino immigrants who work on New York's dairy farms, and the dairy farmers who hire them, live in legal limbo. The work on dairy farms happens year-round. But there’s no year-round agricultural visa program. So hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dairy farm workers exist in the shadows.
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The City of Rochester has agreed to pay $12 million to the estate of Daniel Prude, whose fatal arrest by Rochester police in March 2020 touched off protests locally and nationwide, to settle a lawsuit over his death.
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When it comes to criminal justice, the race for Pennsylvania’s seat in the United States Senate could be the most consequential race in the country.
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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney spoke to Syracuse University students, faculty and staff Monday afternoon for a conversation titled “Courage in Defense of Democracy.” During her talk, she spoke on the importance of a peaceful transition of power and the future of the Republican party.
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New York state Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon has accepted a recommendation by the Farm Laborers Wage Board to lower the farmworker overtime threshold from 60 to 40 hours per week.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling for $290 million to be included in the next federal spending package to fund anti-drug initiatives following a recent increase in rainbow fentanyl.
