John Katko’s guest at Biden inauguration: A Coleman who runs an Irish pub
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
The 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is on Wed., January 20, 2021. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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Washington – Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday will include at least two guests who know all about the soon-to-be 46th president’s links to Syracuse and Central New York.
Rep. John Katko, who like Biden is a graduate of Syracuse University’s law school, plans to attend the inauguration with Gavin Coleman, whose grandfather opened Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub in Syracuse in 1933.
Will Upstate NY skies clear to see rare ‘Christmas Star?’ It might take a miracle
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
The percentage of the sky covered in clouds at 9 p.m. will be close to 100%. The rest of the night is about the same.
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Syracuse, N.Y. It’s the season for miracles, and it will take one tonight for Upstate New Yorkers to see an astronomical event 800 years in the making.
Clouds are expected to cover 90% or more of the sky throughout the night, when Jupiter and Saturn align more closely in the night sky than they have since 1623.
NYS Businesses Concerned Over Planned Minimum Wage Increase PUBLISHED 7:30 PM ET Dec. 17, 2020 PUBLISHED 7:30 PM EST Dec. 17, 2020
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The minimum wage rate for Upstate New Yorkers is once again set to increase at the end of the year.
In their decision to go ahead with the planned increase, state labor department officials said they wanted to help workers who have been struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
But small businesses are worried about what this means for them.
For the past four years, the state has been incrementally raising the minimum wage in a phased planned approach.
However Ken Pokalsky, with the Business Council of New York State, says right now businesses desperately need help and this is not the time to be piling on extra costs.
Townsquare Media Inc.’s WQBK/105.7, Albany, (Q105.7)announced today that the programming heard on Q105.7, the Capital Region’s Classic Rock Station, will