Politics

New York State Senator Thomas Libous says he has not been informed by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics about the status of a complaint filed last spring.

Binghamton mayor Matthew Ryan told reporters April 16 he was mailing a formal complaint to the ethics panel seeking a review of possible influence peddling by Libous

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Opponents of high-volume hydraulic fracturing have sent a message to Governor Cuomo urging him to stop the shale gas rulemaking process involving New York State's environmental regulatory agency.

The group also called on Cuomo to restart the environmental review proceeding to require public involvement in the state Department of Health impact analysis of potential fracking

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Binghamton mayor Matthew Ryan says he favors marijuana legalization.

The issue was brought up Tuesday by a caller to WNBF Radio's Binghamton Now program.

The caller asked Ryan whether he was for the legalization of marijuana.

After a chuc

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Donald McManus, who served as Broome County executive in the late 1970s, has died. McManus, who lived in Endicott, died Tuesday night. He was 79.

McManus was Broome's first Democratic county executive

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Last week we asked if you thought that we were headed off of the fiscal cliff.  It appears that Southern Tier residents are split on the issue.  Results are below.  Thanks for voting!

 
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Do You Think We Will Fall Off

Tarik Abdelazim is working again for the administration of Binghamton mayor Matthew Ryan.

Abdelazim has returned to his former job of director of planning, housing and community development. He left the post spring as he prepared to run for Broome County executive

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Democrats have gained a seat on the Broome County legislature.

The final vote tally from the Broome County Board of Elections on Thursday showed Binghamton Democrat Colleen McCabe defeated Johnson City Republican Ron Heebner by a 52-vote margin

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At the end of this year, America is set to plunge off of the so called "fiscal cliff."  Okay, so maybe it is not as dramatic as it sounds but nearly every American would be affected.

The "fiscal cliff" is merely the term for when the Budget Control Act of 2011 will go into effect

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Days after the polls have closed, there's still plenty of activity at the Broome County Board of Election office in downtown Binghamton.

Deputy election commissioner Karen Davis told WNBF News Friday afternoon that workers just finished unpacking the final bag from county polling places.

Davis estima

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