October 8, 2024
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ALBANY — New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Rob Bonta have led a bipartisan coalition of 14 attorneys general in filing lawsuits against TikTok for allegedly misleading the public about the safety of its platform and contributing to the mental health crisis among young users. The lawsuits claim TikTok violated state…
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Despite public testimony against the measure, a legislative committee says it will introduce a bill before the full Legislature in January. The post Lawmakers advance measure opening Wyoming to possible nuclear fuel waste storage appeared first on WyoFile .
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Onondaga County legislators made few changes to a budget proposed by County Executive Ryan McMahon. The budget increases spending 5.8%. The post Onondaga County Legislature approves $1.56B budget, turns down budget amendments appeared first on Central Current.
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Ahsan Chughtai, a $140,000-a-year special assistant to Mayor Eric Adams who was fired in September, was visited by agents with the FBI and the city Department of Investigation last summer in the ongoing probe of corruption at City Hall, sources familiar with the matter told THE CITY. Chughtai was a liaison between Mayor Adams’ office…
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Her proposal is aimed at easing the burden for family caregivers. She says that negotiating lower drug prices for Medicare could cover the cost of this expansion of benefits for older Americans.
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New York City’s Education Department is systematically failing to provide equal access to education for students with disabilities who are chronically absent due to “school avoidance,” according to a class action lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Legal Aid …
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The Ithaca Teachers Association is calling for a change to the terms of a proposed tax break package for a massive development project in Ithaca. The union […] The post Ithaca teachers union opposes proposed tax break for giant development on South Hill. Here’s why. appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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State regulators issue final water withdrawal permits for the Hyundai site and associated development. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s comm…
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NC elections officials in areas hit by Tropical Storm Helene ensure democracy will function even if power, sewage, internet and roads don’t. Keeping democracy functioning in NC after devastation of Helene is a story from Carolina Public Press, an awar…
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Staten Island straphangers who ride the oldest train cars in the MTA fleet are finally receiving a long-delayed upgrade. The first of the new Staten Island Railway cars began carrying riders Tuesday, nearly three years after they were supposed to debut. The modern R211 cars, which have been running on A and C trains since…