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Wisconsin’s experiment in public-labor law
Just over three years have passed since Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed Public Act 10 (PA 10), a major labor-reform bill. Organized labor, legislative Democrats, and their supporters claimed Walker was destroying collective-bargaining rights for government employees and responded by occupying the state capitol in Madison. Thousands of protesters assembled to chant, “This is what […]
Ashley McGraw Architects, P.C. MacArthur Elementary School – Project Location: Binghamton – Approximate Square Footage: 130,000 – Start Date: Oct. 15, 2013 – Building Owner: Binghamton City School District – Construction Manager: Hulbert Engineering – Architect: Ashley McGraw Architects – Engineer: Buro Happold – Landscape Architect: Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture BARTON & LOGUIDICE, D.P.C.
Gillibrand pushes for USDA disaster declaration for freeze-affected Upstate farms
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue an agriculture-disaster declaration with upstate New York in mind. Such a declaration would mean federal relief for Upstate grape farms and vineyards in the Finger Lakes and Western and Central New York “damaged by a long winter of sub-zero
Boeheim Foundation awards Upstate Medical $100K for pediatric-cancer research
SYRACUSE — The Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation has awarded the Foundation for Upstate Medical University a grant of $100,000 for pediatric-cancer research. Upstate Medical announced the grant in a news release on its website. Its foundation is its fund-raising arm. Established in 2009 by the Syracuse University men’s basketball head coach and his wife,
Rombel on Business: February U.S. jobs report shows signs of improvement
Friday’s monthly nonfarm payrolls report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provided fresh evidence of a bounce back in the U.S. labor market from recent weakness that may have been weather-related. This is despite the unemployment rate’s rise to 6.7 percent in February from 6.6 percent in January. For the record, employers added
Elmira Savings Bank to pay cash dividend of 23 cents a share
ELMIRA — The Elmira Savings Bank (NASDAQ: ESBK) board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23 cents per share on its common shares outstanding. The company will pay the dividend on March 28 to shareholders of record March 13. It’s the same cash-dividend amount the banking company paid in December. However, Elmira
Upstate consumer sentiment inches up in February
Consumer sentiment in upstate New York rose 2.1 points to 74.1 in February, according to the latest monthly survey the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI) released today. Upstate’s overall-sentiment index of 74.1 is a combination of the current-sentiment and future-sentiment components. Upstate’s current-sentiment index of 83 rose 2.3 points from January, while the future-sentiment level
Ageless Medicine opens in Vestal
VESTAL — A new medical weight loss and skin/aesthetics practice, called Ageless Medicine, recently opened in Vestal. Located at 2220 Vestal Parkway East, the practice offer services such as medically supervised weight loss as well as techniques in skin rejuvenation. It also has a full-service MedSpa and laser center with services available for both women
Buffalo Bills sign up ADMAR as official construction-equipment supplier
DeWITT — The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League have reached an agreement that designates ADMAR Supply Company as the team’s “official construction-equipment supplier.” ADMAR, based near Rochester, describes itself as the “largest,” independently owned construction equipment rental and sales company in New York state and northern Pennsylvania Founded in 1972, ADMAR provides aerial-work
Investment firms RJR, Rockbridge consolidate accounts
SYRACUSE — Two Syracuse investment-management firms, Rockbridge Investment Management and RJR Associates, Inc., recently announced their agreement to consolidate their accounts to “better serve” their individual and institutional clients. Rockbridge Investment Management, which operates on the 9th floor of the Merchants Commons at 220 S. Warren St. in Syracuse, describes itself as an independent, fee-only
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