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Why did the child welfare system fail Neffy? We’re waiting for answers (Editorial Board Opinion)
Onondaga County has yet to explain why child abuse investigators brushed off mother's death threat against a siblling. Two months later, Nefertiti Harris was beaten to death.
Judge Langston McKinney sought justice beyond the courtroom (Editorial Board Opinion)
Syracuse's first Black City Court judge believed that "justice is a community effort." He conducted his courtroom with courtesy, intellect and wit.
Syracuse school board’s legal threat was out of bounds (Editorial Board Opinion)
If elected board members don't want to answer questions from the media, standing in for the public, they should not run for office.
Promised overhaul of NY cannabis regulator can’t come soon enough (Editorial Board Opinion)
After years of complaints and a damning audit, Gov. Kathy Hochul vows she'll fix the Office of Cannabis Management.
Syracuse board sends wrong message on affordable housing (Editorial Board Opinion)
In the midst of a housing crisis, Zoning Board of Appeals has some nerve rejecting 67 low-income apartments.
Bus crash reporting opens window on lives of migrant workers in our midst (Editorial Board Opinion)
Crew of 15 Mexican and Venezuelan migrants worked long days installing solar farms so they could send money to their families. Six of them died on a cold North Country road far from home.
Syracuse Common Council was right to prod ineffective police watchdog (Editorial Board Opinion)
Citizen Review Board is failing spectacularly. Council's 'fix" isn't perfect, but at least they did something.
Short takes: Syracuse schools’ pricey PR; a step closer to tax fairness (Editorial Board Opinion)
Questioning district's $730,000 boost to communications budget, praising City Hall's plan to correct property tax inequity.
Billions in federal funding bring Micron project closer to fruition (Editorial Board Opinion)
CHIPS & Science Act funding overcomes biggest hurdle to locating semiconductor factory here in Onondaga County.
CNY grieves two officers who died holding the line against chaos (Editorial Board Opinion)
Michael E. Jensen and Michael Hoosock went to work every day not knowing if they would come home. On Sunday, they didn't.
With time running out for Ukraine, House must pass aid bill now (Editorial Board Opinion)
Letting Putin win endangers our NATO allies in Europe. The United States is obligated to defend them if they are attacked.
Flag football expands sports opportunities for girls. The payoff is pure joy (Editorial Board Opinion)
New sport provides more chances for girls to play for little more than the challenge, fun and camaraderie of it.
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