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Lee Hamilton

OPINION: Our country needs effective leadership

I do not remember being as concerned about the quality of our political leadership and the direction our leaders want to take the country as I am today. If you look at the places where we expect strong leadership — the courts, the Congress and, especially, the president — it’s hard not to be disappointed,

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OPINION: Trump Secures Border As Illegal-Alien Encounters Down 94% in First 3 Months

One Big Beautiful Bill will add $47 billion to border wall Southwest-border encounters once again were at record lows in April at just 12,035, according to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, recording record lows for the third month in a row. Overall, illegal immigration has been reduced from 559,009

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VIEWPOINT: Colleges Face Federal Requirement To Contact Students About Loan Debt

On May 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a “Request for Institutions to Provide Repayment Information to Former Students to Prevent Defaults” (GEN-25-19). Noting that “only 38 percent of Direct Loan and Department-held Federal Family Education Loan Program borrowers are in repayment and current on their student loans,” ED estimates that “almost

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CNY region jobless rates fall in April from a year ago

The unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions were all lower in April compared to April 2024, pointing to a strong job market. The figures are part of the latest New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) data released on May 20. Regional unemployment rates The jobless rate in

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Herkimer College graduates 13 from police training course

HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer College graduated 13 cadets in its seventh class from the Phase I Pre-Employment Police Basic Training course at a ceremony on May 29. “Thirteen cadets have completed this program successfully and will be serving nine different law-enforcement agencies across central New York,” Herkimer College Officer-In-Charge Nick Laino said in an announcement.

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St. Elizabeth College of Nursing graduates 75 in latest class

UTICA, N.Y. — St. Elizabeth College of Nursing (SECON) graduated 75 new nurses in a May 17 ceremony. It was the college’s 119th graduation and was held at Mary, Mother of Our Savior Parish, following a procession across Genesee Street from SECON. SECON President Kimberly Panko and Dean of Student and Faculty Development Julie Wells-Tsiatos

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Onondaga County hotel occupancy, room revenue each dip more than 3 percent in April

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels welcomed fewer guests and posted a decline in room revenue in April compared to a year ago. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county fell 3.7 percent to 61.8 percent in the fourth month of 2025, compared to April

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