Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/2019/01/page/2/)
If he challenges incumbent Republican Cheryl Dinolfo, will County Clerk Adam Bello succeed in becoming the first Democratic Monroe County executive in decades? Democratic insiders believe the math is on their side, but it’s only one factor.
Whether the racial slur used by local TV weatherman Jeremy Kappell was an accidental slip of the tongue or a speech practice that reflected his bias, after it happened, it stopped being only about him and also started becoming about us.
Although the latest data show Rochester’s poverty rate remains among the highest in the nation, the communitywide effort to tackle the problem at its root causes has made significant progress.
Under Harry Bronson’s bill, there would be winners and losers. With the cost of private construction projects driven higher, the biggest loser might be the state’s economy.
Constellation Brands Inc.’s Canadian cannabis affiliate plans to move into the U.S. market by
establishing a $100 million to $150 million hemp-processing industrial park in the Southern Tier.
UR Medicine and Rochester Regional Health recently kicked off programs to give patients access to some of their doctors’ clinical notes. Will the move create challenges?
The legislation proposed by City Council deserves support. The mayor’s proposal—created with the Rochester police union and the police department in order to maintain the status quo—does not.
In the past, state Senate redistricting in Upstate New York favored the Republican Party. Now, the loss of GOP control in the Senate will significantly reduce upstate’s influence.
Is a statue always more than art? What is the relationship between a statue and a community’s evolving beliefs, values, and principles?
The Rochester Historical Society, home of artifacts that tell the community’s stories, is in danger of losing these treasures.