For two weeks, applicants to SUNY schools will have their application fees waived on their first five schools.

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The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump that would claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporati...

Schumer highlighted various effects that a federal rescission package would have in different parts of the state, especially rural upstate areas.

Almost 3 million New Yorkers utilize the food assistance program.

Binghamton-area medical professionals criticized the Medicaid cuts, saying people will lose access to routine health checks and lifesaving prescriptions.

Over 40 Binghamton residents gathered to share their ideas for the Clinton Street Downtown Revitalization Initiative. Grants will be available for funding from the project.

Cooling centers are open all summer and some counties, like Broome, include public pools and splash pads on the list.

Binghamton University scientists review global insect decline research to uncover overlooked causes like war, weather, and bias in pollinator-focused studies.

Voters cast ballots in primaries across New York on Tuesday. General elections will be held November 4.

At a workshop about Binghamton's Clinton Street Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant, residents can share their ideas for improvements.

Last week, the town of Cameron in Steuben County became the second in the state to ban the practice of landspreading using sewage sludge, or biosolids. The town adopted the law at its monthly board me...

Cornell is the largest employer in Tompkins County. The university cited a loss of federal funding as one reason for the budget cuts.

Voters passed local school district budgets in Corning, Horseheads and Prattsburgh one month after their initial votes failed to reach a supermajority.

That means teachers’ contracts will expire at the end of the month.

The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs, along with the next two years of funding for the public media system. The measure now goes to the Senate...

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A $9.4 billion rescission package is now in the hands of Congress. President Trump is asking to cancel federal funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Corporation for...

As of 9:30 p.m. Monday, the towns of Canisteo, Bath, Cameron, Urbana, Pulteny, and Wayne were all under states of emergency. On Tuesday morning, the county lifted the emergency travel advisory, but of...

WSKG’s Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo spoke with WSKG CEO Natasha Thompson about what the Trump administration's rescission request to Congress could mean for public media stations like WSKG.

For the first time in Corning’s history, the city passed a budget with an increase in the tax levy that exceeds the state tax cap. The city council adopted the $22.6 million budget for 2026.

President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful” bill calls for billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid. That could have serious consequences for hospitals in the Southern Tier.

Activists from the climate justice group Cornell on Fire say similar protests have occurred in the past without disciplinary action.

The study showed that cold weather significantly increased how much energy was used by the buses' batteries.

In early May, a patron was fatally stabbed during a community meal at Binghamton’s Salvation Army. The site closed at the request of Mayor Jared Kraham, but the Salvation Army announced Friday it will...

Corning-Painted Post school district voters rejected the $8.7 million increase in the proposed budget over last year. The district will decide how to move forward at its board meeting on Wednesday.

Just under 97% of school districts across New York state successfully passed their budgets. Preliminary results show voters in Broome and Tioga counties overwhelmingly approved their local budgets and...

The New York State DOH shows proposed cuts to Medicaid could cost Southern Tier hospitals and the region's health care economy more than $50 million. Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging New York House Republ...

Corning-Painted Post school district voters will decide on a $147 million budget and 8 percent tax levy this year. They will also elect board members. Some are returning for another term and others ar...

Sewage sludge may soon be banned in a second town in Steuben County. The town of Cameron finalized the law and is in the process of a public comment period. The town board will vote on the ban at its ...

Voters will decide whether to accept or reject their district’s budget proposals this week.

The Corning-Painted Post Area school district will vote on a proposed $147 million budget and elect several board members on May 20. Some community members have expressed concerns about losing importa...

Just days after 57-year-old Endicott resident Kevin Ray was fatally stabbed during a community meal at Binghamton’s Salvation Army, Mayor Jared Kraham announced the location’s closure.

The piece is a reproduction of a community lost to time and the waters of the Cayuga Inlet.

“Every student in the state of New York starting in September, will have the opportunity of having a distraction-free school experience,” Hochul said. “Where they can learn and study, instead of looki...

The council made long-planned changes to the city’s zoning rules, recommitted to its climate policies and approved recommendations for new resources for Ithacans experiencing homelessness.

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Mayor Jared Kraham, a Republican, said the newly released budget recommendations would cut over $3 million from the city’s federal grant funding.

Some local nonprofits that work to address food insecurity, overdoses and senior isolation are scrambling after the elimination of funding for the AmeriCorps program, which places volunteers with nonp...

Labor leaders are managing a changing landscape for workers, with increases in the cost of living, and the impacts of the Trump administration’s labor policies and funding cuts.

The programs could face service interruptions with the looming cuts to safety net programs in the proposed federal budget.

There’s been an increase in federal immigration enforcement, student visas have been revoked, and funding cuts, freezes and layoffs have impacted the Southern Tier.

Corning-Painted Post school officials approved an $8.7 million increase from last year’s budget. Now, they must get 60 percent of voters to agree with them at the polls in May in order for the budget ...

The project is highlighting the dangers of climate change and bringing people together to talk about it – through quilting.

New York’s Catholic community is mourning the death of Pope Francis, who passed away Monday morning at the age of 88.

A group in Chemung County want a thorough investigation of a site that used to be home to a fertilizer plant.

Southern Tier Congressman Nick Langworthy is not hosting in-person town halls and his constituents are frustrated at their lack of access to their representative.

Across the country, over 1,000 international students have reportedly had their legal status changed by the federal government.

Risa Lieberwitz, president of Cornell’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, says Cornell should stand up against potential demands from the White House.

An investigation by the state found former Mayor Eric Halstead stole over $23,000 from the village's accounts over the course of five years. In January, he pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the third...