Each week, syracuse.com will look back at some of our most important and valuable journalism from the previous week. Here are six stories for the week of Sept. 20, 2026.
The two men most responsible for turning around Syracuse University sports said the school is at risk of getting left behind if it doesn’t generate more money needed to compete. Syracuse Chancellor Mike Haynie and athletic director Bryan Blair sounded the alarm during an interview with Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard, speaking bluntly on the future of big-time college sports in our region and their vision for how SU plans to adapt. Their message was clear: It’s do-or-die time.
New York is poised to ban price changes based on income, age and even race. Would it work?
State lawmakers this year passed legislation that would ban companies from using shoppers’ personal data to set different prices for the same goods. The One Fair Price Act targets surveillance pricing, which uses algorithms and detailed information about individual consumers to set prices. This tactic goes well beyond tracking a shopper’s individual habits when it comes to buying groceries or booking a hotel room. With surveillance pricing, critics say, retailers use a person’s income level, ZIP code, job, IP address, age, gender and even race to estimate what that shopper might be willing to pay for a pair of headphones or a winter coat. Supporters call the proposed law a guardrail against hidden price discrimination…