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NYS Labor Department finalizes farm-worker OT regulations
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State will start lowering the overtime pay threshold for farm workers next Jan. 1, reducing it to 56 hours from
JCC to expand program awarding credits for learning outside class
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Jefferson Community College (JCC) says it will build on its prior learning assessment (PLA) program of granting college credits for demonstrated learning
New York cabbage production declined 9 percent in 2022
New York farms produced an estimated 4.24 million cwt (hundredweight) of cabbage in 2022, down 9 percent from the 2021 estimate. That’s according to a
New York onion production fell 7 percent in 2022
A recent government report found that New York onion production fell an estimated 7 percent to 2.52 million cwt (hundredweight) last year from the 2021
New York milk producer prices fall 4 percent from prior month
Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month but prices tempered from previous months. New York dairy
Syracuse University’s IVMF gets $1 million foundation grant to expand SyracuseServes network
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University recently received $1 million in additional grant funding to expand
Auburn Community Hospital awarded $10 million in federal funding for COVID-19 costs
AUBURN, N.Y. — Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) will use a federal award of more than $10 million to cover costs associated with the hospital’s COVID-19
Oneida County names Kaleta director of economic development
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County has appointed Shaun Kaleta as the county’s new director of economic development. Kaleta started in his new role on Feb.
Career fair planned at Herkimer County Community College on March 22
UTICA, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College will hold its annual career fair, featuring more than 60 employers from various industries, on March 22 from
State awards $19 million in revitalization funding to Mohawk Valley communities
The Town of Kirkland and Village of Clinton will receive a shared $10 million in funding from the sixth round of Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI)
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