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Last year the district already laid off 30 staff, did not fill dozens of positions after retirements, and put a hiring freeze on almost 200 vacancies. The district's chief financial officer believes going forward, staffing is still something they need to look at.
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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the top challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is accused of corruption and terror links. The opposition says Imamoglu's arrest is politically motivated. -
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A wider disparity between major conferences and lesser-known conferences has lent itself to fewer close games in the early rounds of both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments.
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For 171 soon-to-be graduates from the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine, today is “Match Day”—the next step in their medical journey. Students knew they had been matched with a post-graduate medical center on March 17 but didn’t learn their destination until noon. -
Among the progress Seneca Nation President J.C. Seneca said was made in Albany, is framework to address New York’s role in the Native residential boarding school system. But for many Haudenosaunee, "apologies seem quite hollow."
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- THEATER TALK : CYCLONE at Buff State, SHUCKED at Shea's, PIPPIN at OCC, BUCKET LIST with 2nd Gen on Sunday, INFORMER continues at ART, MATTHEW SHEPARD tonight at Westminster Presbyterian
- Theater Talk: THE INFORMER opens at ART of WNY; NOW AND THEN has big role for Steve Jakiel at Desiderio's; CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD, an LGBTQ+ oratorio at Westminster Pres; SHUCKED at Shea's, OUR LADY OF 121st STREET continues at RLTP (see listings)
- Theater Talk: The joys of seeing a show more than once, including MOTHERS AND SONS at Niagara U. and THE LOVED ONES at Irish Classical. Continuing this week GOODNIGHT, TYLER at Ujima, THE HOBBIT at TOY, and THE WIZ at Shea's
- Theater Talk: How can every theater in town have a stellar cast? They do! NEXT TO NORMAL, BLACK BEAR ISLAND, OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET just the latest examples. See listings. And RSVP for SiDP's Feast 3/15
WBFO Disabilities Beat
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- Gillibrand announces legislation addressing disparities in access to health care
- Lawsuit seeks to restore Humboldt Parkway, remove parts of Scajaquada Expressway
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