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The solar eclipse is just around the corner and with much of Western New York being in the path of totality there are many events happening in the region ahead of Monday’s event. The Niagara Aerospace Museum is a designated NASA Sunspot site and is hosting numerous events from Thursday through Sunday. Museum Executive Director Lindsey Lauren Visser sat down with WBFO’s Thomas O'Neil-White to talk all things eclipse.
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Micron was awarded $6.1 billion in federal funding under the CHIPS and Science Law some of which will go toward the $100 billion mega-fab project in Clay.
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The New York state budget, which is already over two weeks late, is likely to be even later, after the Legislature’s bill drafting office was the victim of a cyberattack.
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A bill to ban using carbon dioxide to extract oil and gas has passed the state Senate and Assembly. It now awaits Gov. Hochul’s signature.
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A local college professor has been suspended after publishing a controversial article about the Israel-Hamas war in a blog on a left-wing book publisher’s site.
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One day after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that there’s a conceptual deal on the state budget, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said that announcement was premature.
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Tensions have been high at the university since the war in Gaza began, with anti-war protests happening almost weekly and several notable incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia in the Cornell community.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that a tentative budget deal has been reached, but it will take several days before a new spending plan is in place
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Central New York is mourning the death of two law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty Sunday night. Officials have identified the two officers who died, as well as the suspect, but still have no clear idea about a motive.
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The New York state budget is now nearly two weeks late, and lawmakers are due back Monday afternoon to pass a fourth extender to keep government running.
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The main item holding up a deal is a housing package that would build new affordable housing and strengthen tenant protections.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set new maximum contaminant levels for toxic chemicals that have tainted water supplies for millions of Americans, including several Northeast communities. Advocates are cheering the new protections against so-called PFAS compounds.
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New York state legislators are calling for the release of more than $3 million in funding for veterans’ organizations. But the governor’s administration says the money is already flowing.