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Both Democrats and Republicans need to stop pretending that endless red ink has no consequences. Yet candidates in this election cycle have barely mentioned federal debt and deficits.
Demographic trends suggest declining enrollment is going to continue. Let’s convert underutilized school buildings to affordable housing units.
The reopening comes roughly three months after an August stabbing attack that left one resident dead and another gravely injured.
Flower Power, a new Rochester arts and culture quarterly, published its second issue this week.
NewsMatch, the nation’s largest annual fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations, runs through Dec. 31.
Willow Domestic Violence Center and Providence Housing Development Corporation will receive a total of $3.6 million as part of the Bring Monroe Back program.
A new lawsuit aims to prevent the city of Rochester from clearing a homeless encampment on Loomis Street. City officials say, however, that they are engaged in an outreach effort to help those who lack housing.
A dearth of nursing home beds is a key factor putting additional pressure on limited hospital capacity, officials say.
The company, based in Rochester since 2017, is nearing $30 million in annual sales.
For United Nations Day, the UN Association of Rochester will feature a documentary film about the impact of refugees in Utica.
The pandemic has shown that widespread virtual health care is possible. What’s unclear is whether telemedicine offerings will be available and accessible long-term.
Young professionals, some of whom thought the coronavirus wouldn’t affect their lives, are quickly learning that they, too, are vulnerable. They are learning to cope with social isolation and economic uncertainty.
A new study by MCC’s Economic and Workforce Development Center underscores the need to be ready for businesses’ adoption of smart technologies like automation, artificial intelligence and the industrial internet of things.
COVID-19 poses a severe threat to hospitals nationwide. Each institution’s financial health before the virus struck could be a big factor in its ability to recover from the pandemic.
The University of Rochester’s prison education program, designed to empower a small subset of the incarcerated population, has received a big boost: a three-year, $1 million grant.
While some publicly held companies in Rochester have suffered less financial impact due to COVID-19 than others, none have been immune.
For hospitals in the Rochester region and across the country, the pandemic has upended their business model and called their financial future into question.
Mark Taubman M.D., CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center, and three others will discuss their experiences navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Rochester Medical Center has canceled clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as an anti-COVID-19 agent.
Michael Mazzeo acknowledges systemic racism and the need for reform. But he says “we also cannot make a profession better by demoralizing and demeaning it.”
The surging movement to end racism has brought new business to black-owned restaurants offering a diverse array of dishes.
Our responses to institutional and structural racism must address both mindset and behavior; both thought and action.
Those who know her use words like calm, empathetic and entrepreneurial to describe President and CEO Julia Tedesco, who has guided the nonprofit’s response to COVID-19.
Filings in April and May dropped sharply as pandemic-related assistance kicked in, but experts say a surge almost certainly is on the horizon.