The 2026 Vision Zero Progress Report details the city’s efforts so far to curb fatal accidents on the city’s streets.
Beaconomics
Rochester and the looming disruption of artificial intelligence
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Our region may be particularly well-positioned to benefit from the potential disruptive power of AI.
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A market in deep freeze: the forces keeping housing unaffordable
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The housing crisis here and around the country is a result of overwhelming demand confronting chronically insufficient supply.
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Can Vision Zero reduce deaths and injuries on Rochester streets?
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The people of Rochester have to decide how important street safety is and what they are willing to pay to achieve it.
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Topgolf: The complicated world of economic impact analysis
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Should the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency approve a more than $3 million tax break for a proposed golf-themed entertainment venue?
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Eager to try a Topracer Range?
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The Big Oak Driving Range and Golf Shop in Penfield has installed nine Topracer bays, each equipped with Topracer technology.
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You want to legalize weed? Pick a goal
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The state’s 2021 Cannabis Law has a long—and unachievable—list of objectives. To create a viable legal market, it needs to be revised.
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The siren song of industrial policy
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New York’s deal with Micron Technology is touted as an investment that will generate nearly 50,000 total jobs and a total of $25.6 billion in revenue to state and local government. But these forecasts rely heavily on speculative assumptions.
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Raise the gas tax!
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Higher prices encourage conservation and a shift to alternative fuels. That’s a good thing.
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The economy’s remarkable recovery
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant pain and suffering to many Americans, but economists thought the recession would last far longer.
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Making sense of money: Part 2
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Arbitrarily tying the money supply to a commodity does not reduce uncertainty. That’s why there is very little support for a return to the gold standard among economists.