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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt its funding freeze for programs related to protecting the environment. But several grant recipients say their funding remains inaccessible or uncertain.
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Firefighter John “JR” Gaudet died after a wall collapsed while the department was fighting a fire in downtown Binghamton.
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The Steuben County Board of Elections went over how to fill out and file designating petitions for anyone interested in running for local office this year.
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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump suspended the country's refugee resettlement program. That’s left local organizations that help refugees, like the American Civic Association in Binghamton, unable to help resettle any new refugees or access federal funding to support refugees already here.
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Southern Tier Rep. Nick Langworthy was in Elmira last week to talk about the state’s immigration enforcement, sanctuary policies and the “Green Light Law”.
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The common council recommitted to pre-existing city policies created to protect undocumented immigrants, transgender people, and people seeking abortion care.
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The Graduate Student Employees Union, which represents all teaching and graduate assistants at SUNY campuses, has been negotiating a new contract for over a year.
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David, a Republican, served as mayor of Binghamton for two terms until 2021, when he was term-limited. Democrat Nick Libous, son of the late Republican New York State Senator Thomas Libous, has also filed to run for the position.
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On Sunday, hundreds of people in Ithaca rallied against Immigration and Customs Enforcement's recent activity in the area.
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The town of Thurston in Steuben County renewed its one-year moratorium preventing solid waste management facilities from building new operations or modifying existing ones.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested at least one person while in Ithaca Thursday. In a statement, the acting U.S. deputy attorney general condemned the area’s “sanctuary” immigration policies.
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Binghamton could become the next upstate New York municipality to opt in to New York’s "good cause eviction" law. On Wednesday, the city council voted to hold over the legislation to opt into the rental protections until its next business meeting February 12.