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Monday, February 04, 2013  Chittenango is closing Lake Street Elementary as a result of decreased enrollment and financial issues.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Monday night, the Liverpool School Board heard a proposal that could bring some big changes to the district.

Friday, April 27, 2012  The West Genesee School District is finishing up work on a proposal to redistrict its elementary and middle schools.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  A meeting will be held tonight to discuss a redistricting plan in the West Genesee School District that has many parents up in arms.

Friday, March 09, 2012  The Senate's Republican leader and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo are on the brink of breaking campaign promises they made two years ago to overhaul legislative redistricting so that new boundaries are drawn without partisan gerrymandering, a former New York City mayor turned good-government activist said Thursday.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  The congressional district lines proposed by a federal judge earlier this week could well be law for the next 10 years, based on the views of the only legislative leaders who could change them.

Sunday, March 04, 2012  The latest hope of overhauling New York politics by creating more competitive elections rests with closed-door horse trading this week by the Legislature's powerful leaders and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Friday, March 02, 2012  In a new online donation letter, Buerkle writes to her supporters that a liberal victory would undo the progress she has helped to make in the last two years.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle says she is ready for whatever changes may come from the state's redistricting plan.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  A federal judge on Monday prepared to take over New York's redistricting process from the state Legislature, where it's been delayed.

Monday, February 27, 2012  The lengthy process to redraw election district lines in New York that will guide politics for the next decade is expected to get longer.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  Parents the West Genesee Central School District get another chance tonight to ask questions about a proposal that could move their kids to a different school. School administrators say the district needs to be re-balanced because enrollment has dramatically dropped in some schools.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  Good-government advocates are warning that new election district lines expected to be released this week by New York's Republican-led Senate and the Assembly's Democratic majority will be used to try to consolidate the power the majority parties currently wield.

Friday, January 06, 2012  Parents packed the library at Stonehedge Elementary in Camillus Thursday night. They want to know if their kids will have to switch schools in the years to come.

Monday, September 26, 2011  Congressman Bill Owens says "there's no evidence cutting taxes actually creates jobs."