Update, Oct 7, 2024: The map of districts for IPS school board has since been updated after Mirror Indy found an error. See the corrected map here.The districts that Indianapolis Public Schools commissioners represent have changed ahead of the 2024 ele…
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Breathing easier in Cleveland: How Tighter Standards Could Change the City’s Air Quality Issues
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list as this helps provide more public service reporting to the community. By Christopher Johnston While running for Cle…
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Clerks tackle Michigan recount of Prop 2 and Prop 3 amid challengers looking for errors
On the first day of a recount in 47 counties around Michigan on Wednesday, the auditorium of the Troy Community Center in Oakland County was filled with the sound of shuffling papers and restrained chatter. The county clerk, wearing a bright yellow saf…
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Unprecedented number of recount requests delay certification in at least three Pa. counties
Recount petitions, claiming without evidence that fraud occurred during Pennsylvania’s 2022 election, are now delaying the state’s certification of results.An obscure section of state law allows such petitions to be easily filed, and right-wing groups …
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Area Environmental Group Focuses on Awareness of Mining, Salt Risks after Lawsuit Denied
In 2021, Cayuga Lake Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) filed an Article 78 Proceeding in the Tompkins County Supreme Court against New York Department of Environmental Conservation and Cargill, Inc. In July of this year, Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth …
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Bridge Club of Ithaca Bids and Contracts to Keep Memories Sharp for Sixty Years
When Edy Krauss moved here from New York City in 2012, she knew she wanted to be part of the local bridge scene, so she joined the Bridge Club of Ithaca. She had originally learned to play in Manhattan in…
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Migrating birds drawn by light face higher chemical exposure
Birds attracted by the glow of artificial light at night are drawn into areas where they are also exposed to higher concentrations of airborne toxic chemicals, according to a new study.
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Ithaca Announces Community Forums with Police Chief Candidates
The first off three community forums where Ithaca residents will have the chance to meet and ask questions to the three finalists for the city’s Chief of Police position is set to take place tonight at 6 p.m at the…
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Tompkins County COVID-19 Community Level Moves To Medium
The Tompkins County Health Department released a statement alerting the community to the roptic increase in COVID-19 cases in the county. When coupled with higher hospitalization numbers this shifts the local CDC Community Level from Low to Medium. TCH…
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Chief of Staff and Sustainability Director Resign Before Upcoming Election
The Chief of Staff and Director of Sustainability for the City of Ithaca have resigned from their positions in the incumbent mayor’s administration weeks before the upcoming mayoral election on November 8.