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MAX SCHULTE/WXXI NEWS/MAX SCHULTE/WXXI NEWSFor about 100 years, some Seneca people have worked to revitalize their language, which was nearly wiped out when the U.S. government forced generations of Native American children to attend more than 400 boarding schools that operated in the 19th and 20th centuries. The goal of those boarding schools was identity erasure. -
Max Schulte/WXXI NewsPresident Biden will speak with survivors of the mass shooting at a Tops market before delivering an address at a nearby community center at 1 p.m.
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Reed, a Southern Tier Republican, already said he would not run for re-election this year. On Tuesday, he said he was resigning to join a government relations firm. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, saying she will isolate and work remotely this week.
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NY redistricting: Voters flock to Steuben County to comment on future of New York’s legislative mapsMore than two dozen people from around New York state gathered at the Steuben County Courthouse Friday to provide input to the independent expert redrawing the state’s congressional and state Senate districts.
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Officials said Thursday they are now hoping to reopen the USS The Sullivans in time for Memorial Day weekend.
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Terminally ill people in 10 states can choose assisted death, but not in NY. Advocates want a changeAdvocates for legalizing medical aid in dying recently lobbied at the New York State Capitol. The bill has yet to make it out of committee in 2022.
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There is a local connection to horse racing’s most prominent event. One of the jockeys in the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is from Ontario County, Reylu Gutierrez of Victor. The horse he rode, Barber Road, finished 6th.
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A federal judge refused Wednesday to order New York to hold its congressional and state Senate primaries this spring using district maps declared unconstitutional by state judges, saying a legal effort by Democrats to revive the maps looked unlikely to succeed.
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While methane doesn’t make up a large share of greenhouse gas emissions, it’s more harmful than carbon and other more common pollutants. And it can be curbed dramatically by plugging old wells that leak the gas.
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New York state Democrats engaged in gerrymandering when drawing new congressional district boundaries for the next decade, a panel of five mid-level appellate judges ruled Thursday.
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The nation’s largest higher education union said this year’s budget is a step in the right direction for public teaching hospitals.
