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Excellus issues call for nonprofit health grants in CNY
DeWITT — Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield, the largest health insurer in Central New York, announced plans to award grant dollars for health and wellness programs
UnitedHealthcare adds three CNY counties to managed long-term care plan
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan of New York announced it is offering health plans that provide access to home- and community-based services, enabling people in eight
Cuomo signs bill creating disabled veteran-owned business-procurement program
Companies that disabled veterans own will provide six percent of the services involved in New York state contracts. That’s the goal of the Service Disabled

DiNapoli touts 13 percent return on state pension fund
The New York State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund) is valued at an estimated $176.2 billion, its highest amount ever, for the fiscal year that
SUNY Oswego, New York Sea Grant extend deadline for BR&E surveys
OSWEGO — New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and SUNY Oswego have extended the deadline for returning the 2014 Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) surveys to
NYSERDA awards Syracuse University, Clarkson energy-efficiency grants
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded Syracuse University and Clarkson University energy-efficiency grants of $100,000. The office of Gov.
Northern Border Commission offers grants to Upstate groups
The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) can provide community and economic-development grants for local governments and nonprofit organizations in upstate New York. The office of

OCRRA formally reopens expanded Amboy compost facility
CAMILLUS — The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) has formally reopened its compost site in the Amboy section of Camillus, following what the agency

Presidential helicopter deal to create or maintain 200 jobs at Lockheed’s Owego plant
OWEGO — The U.S. Navy on Wednesday awarded a $1.26 billion contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to build a new
New York tops all states in rising jobless claims in latest week
The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits in New York state more than doubled to 40,252 in the week ending April 26 from
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