Candidates for Onondaga County Sheriff discussed moving the county jail operations to a joint campus in Jamesville, progressive discipline, opioids, and immigration in interviews with Central Current
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2026 Election Q&A: New York State Assembly 126th District candidate John Lemondes
Assemblyman Lemondes, a Republican, will look to retain his seat for a fourth term in Albany, facing off against Democrat Ian Phillips in November.
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2026 Election Q&A: New York State Assembly 126th District candidate Ian Phillips
Democrat Phillips is seeking to unseat Republican Assemblyman John Lemondes who is on his third term in Albany.
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Scenes from rally day
On the day of President Trump’s visit to Syracuse, the competing sides agree on one thing: the American system is rigged against the people. They disagree, however, on who’s to blame.
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Trump’s speech casts a long shadow
For himself and his allies, President Donald Trump has pushed the limits of acceptable political expression. For his opponents, Trump has pushed suppression and surveillance of free speech.
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Sean Kirst: After passing of Mark Cass, North Side Learning Center leaders seek to build upon his love and vision
An annual dinner Saturday creates a chance to both honor Cass and to look toward the future for immigrant communities served at the Park Street complex.
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Sean Kirst: Tonight in Syracuse, a national update on the church, clergy sexual abuse and healing for survivors
The public is invited to hear reflections from Albany Bishop Mark O’Connell, chair-elect of a key church committee for protecting children.
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Sean Kirst: In Syracuse, in a season for ghosts, Donald Trump collides with legacy of president who served when Trump was born
Seventy-four years ago, on his own campaign visit to Syracuse, Harry Truman described an American landscape powerfully opposite to how Donald Trump portrayed it Friday night.
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Trump implores CNY Republicans to ‘pretend’ he is on the ballot ahead of midterms. Will they listen?
President Donald Trump’s visit to Syracuse is part of a nationwide campaign ahead of a critical midterm election that could decide the fate of Republicans in Congress.
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Trump’s pitch to Central New York: Despite war, rising prices, a ‘golden age’ in America
The president spoke in Syracuse about New York energy, his own successes and the unfairness of the Nobel Prize Committee.
