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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Syracuse city councilors voted to add money into the proposed budget to avoid staffing cuts to the fire department, but the Mayor says she'll ignore them.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Firefighters from all over New York State came together May 1 at Syracuse City Hall in the latest call to Mayor Stephanie Miner to stop proposed cuts to the fire department.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Syracuse Common Council public budget hearing is dominated by talk of fire department cutbacks.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  With flight delays mounting, the Senate has passed legislation to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  The White House now says it's willing to consider legislation that would give the administration the budget-cutting flexibility to avoid furloughs of air traffic controllers.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Taxpayers in the Marcellus School District could see a 2.9 percent property tax levy increase if next year's budget is approved.

Monday, April 22, 2013  They say plans to change operations at two busies fire stations will make city less safe

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  President Barack Obama's proposed 2014 budget calls for keeping a wide-ranging Great Lakes cleanup program

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.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Federal officials are advising travelers to expect longer wait times during the Easter weekend at the border crossings with Canada in western and northern New York.

Friday, March 29, 2013  With three days to spare, New York has adopted its third straight on-time budget, something that hasn't been done in 30 years.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  State budget will increase Cazenovia Central School District's total state aid revenue by 6.97 percent over this year's total.

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  Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says New York will spend $27.74 million to develop the first statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of its new gun control law.