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Friday, May 17, 2013  Crews are working to demolish part of the former Nestle chocolate plant in Fulton to make way for redevelopments.

Friday, May 03, 2013  U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first thought. The gains trimmed the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Monday night, April 15, our panel of experts will answer your questions about last minute tax preparations and planning ahead for next year.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Board of Education adopts $76,410,610 budget proposal for 2013-14 that increases spending 2.46 percent.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced Monday that she has submitted the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 budget for the City of Syracuse to the Common Council. The budget includes no increase in property taxes and no layoffs, but does plan to close Fire Station 7.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Monday night, our panel of experts will answer your questions about tax preparation and identity theft.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Good-government groups are slamming New York's legislature for what one senator called "vampire" voting because much of the new $135 billion budget is built on reviving taxes and the bills are being voted on in the dead of night.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A provision buried deep in New York's tentative budget shows taxpayers will get part of the bill for raising the minimum wage.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  All New Yorkers receiving the STAR property tax rebate will have to re-register for the local school tax breaks because of reports of widespread abuse and fraud.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  More money for schools may be included

Monday, March 04, 2013  Dennis Hebert with Hebert Financial Services joined us for our Talk Tonight.

Monday, March 04, 2013  New hope for the future of a crumbling landmark in downtown Syracuse may be closer to realization. The Syracuse Common Council agreed Monday to seize the Mizpah Tower for back taxes with the intent to sell to a developer for $31,000.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A Syracuse attorney wants to develop Mizpah Tower into residential living space.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  New York's comptroller says state tax collections for the first 10 months of the state fiscal year total nearly $56 billion, up 3.3 percent from the same period a year earlier and $538 million more than projected.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Matt's Memo: Matt Mulcahy blogs about Dr. Benjamin Carson speaking from his mind and heart in front of the president.