16+ hour ago  (738+ words) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders are considering giving regulators more power to limit cost increases for consumers by making insurance companies seek prior state approval for any rate increase, according to three people with knowledge of the…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (390+ words) Oneida County has filled the newly-created position of Animal Cruelty Coordinator. It's part of an effort to better handle cases of animal cruelty and neglect. The position will be filled by Jamie Dreimiller, who has already been involved with a…...

20+ hour, 25+ min ago  (251+ words) A pair of central New York educational institutions is hoping to make a dent in the nursing shortage by offering programs that broaden the pool of people who might want to make nursing a career, which officials say could grow…...

20+ hour, 53+ min ago  (330+ words) A discovery near the Cornell University campus has researchers buzzing. It all started when a Cornell lab technician walked through the East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca on her way to work and came across an aggregation of bees. Entomology professor…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (792+ words) Two titans of the tech world will face off in court starting on Monday. Elon Musk, of Tesla and Space X, is suing Sam Altman, the CEO of Open AI, in a high-stakes clash between former partners over the future…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (320+ words) Tourism professionals from around New York state gathered recently in Oneida County to compare notes and find out ways they can boost the economy in their regions. Although these communities are all trying to attract visitors from out-of-town, it's a…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (365+ words) The city of Watertown is facing difficult decisions as it works to put together a budget. People who live in the city had the chance to tell city council members their concerns at a public hearing. While holding her child,…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (235+ words) Spring in central New York means road construction season is ramping up, and state Department of Transportation officials want to remind drivers to keep in mind the safety of construction workers as they drive through work zones. Standing near a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (595+ words) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to reform one of the oldest environmental laws in New York in order to create more housing across the state. In the Hudson Valley, where communities feeling a housing crunch, officials are saying "full…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (223+ words) In a brief text message just after noon on Wednesday, Dolores Bustamante wrote the words supporters had feared: "ya me encarraron." "I'm locked up," her advocate Carly Fox translated for the more than two dozen people who had waited for…...