Marco Flores
mflores5@binghamton.edu
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News
Molinaro urges Congress to pass Farm Bill
Rep. Marc Molinaro, a Republican representing Greater Binghamton in the U.S. House of Representatives, and other lawmakers are urging Congress to expand farmers’ insurance in an upcoming agricultural spending package. The federal...
Campus News
University hosts annual Earth Day festival
Several organizations came together to celebrate at Binghamton University’s annual Earth Day Festival on Friday. Hosted by the Office of Sustainability, the festival offered the campus community an opportunity to promote sustainability...
Listicle
Local outdoor spaces to know this Earth Day
With Earth Day fast approaching, environmental advocates are raising awareness for current global challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss. If volunteering to remove trash from a beach or petitioning to save...
Drug Issue 2024
Amid upstate opioid epidemic, Molinaro calls for state of emergency declaration
Rep. Marc Molinaro urged Gov. Kathy Hochul last week to declare a state of emergency over the opioid epidemic that has ravaged the 19th Congressional District and the rest of upstate New...
News
Students react to House-passed TikTok ban
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed legislation requiring ByteDance, a Chinese technology firm, to sell their popular social media platform TikTok or face a possible ban in the United States. If...
Community
Greater Good Grocery serves communities living in food deserts
A local nonprofit organization is looking to use a mobile grocery store to combat food insecurity in Binghamton. Greater Good Grocery, a grocery store located on Binghamton’s North Side, was founded as...
Community
Independent Redistricting Commission approves new Congressional map
New York state’s bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC), in a recent 9-1 vote, approved a new congressional map following a years-long battle between the Democratic and Republican parties. The map will now...
News
Webb, Lupardo lead legislative effort to ban carbon dioxide fracking
State lawmakers recently introduced a bill to ban the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) to drill and extract natural gas and oil resources. The bill, proposed by State Sen. Lea Webb and...