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Local News, July 12, 2023

By Celia Clarke

– State Awards Tompkins County Over $9.5 Million For Bridge Repairs – Tompkins County will get over $9.5 million in state funding to repair six bridges. The Ithaca Voice reports the money is from BRIDGE NY, a $516 million state initiative to repair bridge infrastructure. The largest allocation is $2.34 [and a third] million to…

This Week on The Scene: Judge Patrick Robinson on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery

By Chantal Thomas

In this week’s episode of The Scene, Judge Patrick Robinson, of the International Court of Justice, discusses a powerful and comprehensive new report on the scale of compensation owed for transatlantic chattel slavery; the forms that reparations should and should not take and how reparations might emerge in the wake of the demise of affirmative…

Local News for July 12, 2023

By Celia Clarke

Schuyler County Administrator on Administrative Leave The Schuyler County Administrator, Fonda Chronis, was placed on administrative leave Monday. The Odessa File reports that no public reason for the action has been given. Chronis was appointed by the legislature a year and a half ago. Microelectronics Company To Build $50 Million in Tompkins County Fabrication Facility…

Local News for July 11, 2023

By Celia Clarke

– NLRB Judge Orders Starbucks To Reopen Ithaca Collegetown Store – A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered Starbucks to reopen its Ithaca Collegetown store after it closed last June. The judge says the company closed the coffee shop to discourage unionizing efforts. The judge issued the decision last Thursday. The Ithaca Voice reports…

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