The federal government, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has implemented a ban on the sale of incandescent light bulbs, including some typically used for Christmas decorations, across the United States. This policy shift, which began to take effect in the 2022-2023 period, marks a significant push towards energy efficiency, encouraging the use of…
ALBANY, N.Y. – Nancy Salzman, former president of the now-defunct group NXIVM, is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly failing to comply with a financial settlement intended to benefit the group’s victims. Nearly 70 plaintiffs, who initially filed a suit against Salzman, NXIVM founder Keith Raniere, and other former leaders in 2020, filed the legal…
ITHACA, N.Y. — Downtown Ithaca’s culinary landscape expanded recently with the opening of Tavern on the Commons, a new eatery located on the ground floor of the Hilton Garden Inn at the corner of Seneca and Tioga streets. The tavern opened during the Apple Harvest Festival weekend, replacing Kilpatrick’s Publick House, yet preserving its iconic…
The office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced late Friday that it won’t bring criminal charges against an NYPD officer who, responding to an emergency in October 2020, sped through a red light at 60 mph and fatally struck a young woman crossing a street in The Bronx. The Office of Special…
Landlords and realtors sent a clear message to the Syracuse Common Council at a Thursday public hearing on “good cause” eviction protections: opt into a local version of the eviction protections bill and they will take their business to the suburbs and other cities.
ITHACA, N.Y. — Frustration boiled over in City Hall before three members of Common Council walked out over a contentious vote near the end of a late-night city budget meeting on Thursday. Instead of voting on an amendment that would have set aside funds to raise the mayor’s salary from $30,000 to $62,500 a year,…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Candidates endorsed by charter-friendly groups have out-raised their opponents in the most competitive and expensive IPS board election since 2020. The election for four seats — three of which are contested —…
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. SPRINGFIELD, Il. – Attorneys in the offices of Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made similar…
CHICAGO – By early 2019, Mike McClain had been a fixture around the Statehouse in Springfield for the better part of 50 years, first as a Democratic lawmaker in the 1970s and then for decades as a high-profile contract lobbyist. And though he officially retired in late 2016, McClain could still be spotted around the…
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Ithaca Fire Department responded to an “uncontrolled brush fire that was extending up a hillside” on Wednesday morning, according to a press release early Thursday morning. Lt. Robert Shepherd wrote in a release that the fire department responded to the area of 272 Enfield Falls Road where the brush fire was…