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Opinion: Federal cuts equal fewer services at Southern Tier libraries

Local libraries and our region’s library system anticipate a reduction in support, which will adversely impact services to our community. On March...

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Brian Hildreth

Earth Day 2025: Environmental policy is under threat. It's time to act

Earth Day, first observed in 1970, sparked a national environmental movement that led to the creation of the EPA and decades of progress on clean...

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Beth Davidson 

Let's expand access to affordable child care in New York

As chair of the Senate Education Committee, I know that academic success doesn’t start on the first day of kindergarten, it begins years earlier,...

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Shelley Mayer

Trump wants to deport criminals. OK. Where's the evidence? | Kelly

The question seemed small, even inconsequential. Several weeks ago, the federal judge in Newark, hearing early arguments in the messy deportation...

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Mike Kellynorthjersey.com

Congress is coming for Medicaid. That’s bad for NY's health care

Medicaid provides healthcare to families with modest incomes, young adults who have aged off their parents’ insurance, people with disabilities and...

22.04.2025 5

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Wendy Darwell And Michael N. Romita 

It's Earth Day. Let's talk trash

April 22 marks Earth Day, the global celebration of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.  History shows that Earth Day was not...

22.04.2025 1

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Blair Horner

An advocate for the vulnerable, Pope Francis led with empathy, grace

We mourn the death of Pope Francis, a leader whose humility and compassion brought kindness, welcome and courage to our increasingly conflicted...

22.04.2025 2

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Usa Today Network Northeast Editorial Board

Scarcity is a mindset. This Easter, let's offer generosity instead.

“Easter potato hunt” doesn’t have the same ring, somehow. This year, because prices have gone up so much, some celebrations are replacing dyed eggs...

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Matthew Heyd