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Elevator-sized cells. "Pens" for incarcerated individuals placed in solitary confinement to spend an hour each day outdoors. How COVID-19 affected this maximum-security prison.  When Assemblywoman Anna Kelles visited Auburn Correctional Facility, she felt it was her duty to "bear witness" — to observe the conditions at the prison, a 205-year-old facility that is one of the oldest in the country.  Kelles, D-Ithaca, shared her experience during a conference call last week organized by several advocacy groups, including the Center for Community Alternatives, Release Aging People in Pr...

AstraZeneca's repeated missteps in reporting vaccine data coupled with a blood clot scare could do lasting damage to the credibility of a shot that is the linchpin in the global strategy to stop the coronavirus pandemic, potentially even undermining vaccine confidence more broadly, experts say. 3 hours ago in National, Trending Those who lost their lives at the King Soopers store in Boulder ranged from 20 years old to 65. They included a magazine photographer, a Medicare agent with a passion for theater and others going about their days at a busy shopping plaza. 10 hours a...

3 months ago in Local Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – A candidate with an emphasis on public health announces her candidacy in District 2 of the Tompkins County Legislature. Leslie Schill says her extensive work as a planner, which promotes outreach, listening, discussion and compromise make her a fit for the job. Schill currently works at Cornell as University Planner. The role includes heading up the Campus Planning Office and stewardship with the Ithaca campus master plan. A special election will be held Tuesday, March 23rd for the seat vacated by curre...

Written by Common Cause NY Common Cause/NY and a group of New York state lawmakers are demanding the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBOE) reject the certification of the ExpressVote XL -- a touch screen voting machine that would allow voters to mark their ballot electronically instead of on the traditional voter-marked paper ballots -- later today. The NYSBOE is expected to hear public comments on the machine and then vote to either certify or reject them after. Cyber security election experts almost universally pan the touch screen technology, so much so that most states have swi...

ITHACA, NY -- Leslie Schill announced her candidacy for the Tompkins County Legislative District 2 seat recently vacated by Anna Kelles, our new NYS 125th Assemblyperson. This will be a