Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

5 days ago | wamc.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the state’s 2026 budget at Johnson City Middle School in Broome County on Friday. After over a month of negotiations, lawmakers finalized the $254 billion spending plan Thursday night. The next day, Hochul toured the state, highlighting the spending plan’s expanded tax credits for parents, investments in childcare and a sweeping new policy on cell phone use in schools. Hochul signed the budget surrounded by a crowd of Johnson City Middle School students.

1 week ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham is criticizing the Trump administration’s latest budget recommendations, saying the plan would cut millions in federal grant funding for the city. The discretionary budget proposal, released last week, recommends eliminating several federal housing grant programs that fund local governments, including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which gives local and state governments grant funding to spend on a range of community projects.

1 week ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Some local nonprofits that work to address food insecurity, overdose and senior isolation are scrambling after the elimination of funding for the AmeriCorps program, which places volunteers with nonprofits across the country. The Rural Health Network of South Central New York, which runs the program locally in Binghamton, learned on April 28 that funding through the AmeriCorps program had been unexpectedly terminated.

1 week ago | wamc.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

People across upstate New York participated in marches, rallies and protests Thursday for May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. This comes as labor leaders are managing a changing landscape for workers, with increases in the cost of living, and the impacts of the Trump administration’s labor policies and funding cuts. Ithaca, Binghamton and Corning residents celebrated wins for workers in the area, and raised concerns about the future.

2 weeks ago | wskg.org | Tom Magnarelli |Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo |Natalie Abruzzo

President Donald Trump has been in office for 100 days. WSKG news director Tom Magnarelli spoke with reporters Aurora Berry, Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo, and Natalie Abruzzo, who have been covering the local stories and reactions since Trump's second inauguration. Here are some of the interview highlights: After Trump’s second term began, ICE arrested a man at the Department of Social Services in downtown Ithaca.