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With the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade, New York’s 2019 passage of the Reproductive Health Act has taken on even greater significance.
The Rochester Beacon’s latest online event focused on what’s causing the city’s rising homicide rate and possible solutions.
A rally at Parcel 5 over the weekend drew hundreds protesting the court’s apparent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives hopes to develop a national model for helping victims deal with the trauma after they get medical care.
The Honeoye Falls-based company had an operating loss of nearly $27 million but said it had achieved several significant milestones.
The Rochester Music Hall of Fame’s 2022 induction ceremony was 100 percent cool.
Employees at two local Starbucks stores recently won union representation. Not every employee made it to the end.
More than 100 U.S. cities and towns now prohibit or limit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. In Albany, two statewide bills are pending. What’s behind the recent moves against these devices?
The Rochester International Film Festival returns to the Dryden Theater for its 64th consecutive year.
Downtown Definitely Events, produced by the Rochester Development Corp., will offer experiences that aim to bring the community together in the center city.
If a bank employee helped fraudsters run a Ponzi scheme, should the bank be held responsible and forced to repay defrauded investors? A local court case may provide an answer to that question.
It would lead to one company owning nearly all the newspapers in the Rochester region. The combined operations still would face the relentless financial pressures that have caused newspaper employment to plummet nationwide.
A growing number of progressive politicians have embraced a line of economic thinking that says debt and deficits don’t matter. But is “just print money” the right way to build a strong economy?
Former drug addict and prison inmate Halbert Sullivan turned his life around. Sullivan, who grew up in Rochester, founded the Fathers’ Support Center in St. Louis to help break the cycle of poverty. Could his successful program work here?
Deindustrialization left our region with a rich and storied history, but no clear path to the future. Now, the founders of globally competitive local companies are showing how to leverage the research and talent that sets upstate apart.
A class-action lawsuit filed this month could provide a path to bringing the city school district’s out-of-compliance special education program into line with federal and state requirements.
Economist Richard Rothstein’s talk in Rochester last week drew a crowd of 500 people. Is that show of numbers evidence Rochester is ready to finally tackle the racial divide in our community?
At a recent RocGrowth event, Marnie LaVigne of LaunchNY and Nasir Ali of Upstate Venture Connect described what their nonprofit organizations are doing to help entrepreneurs be successful in Upstate New York. (video)
Board members and a referendum calling for state intervention are on the November ballot. Meanwhile, the district’s distinguished educator has quit and the state education commissioner who appointed him plans to leave. What’s next?
Most MBA programs reflect the rational and scientific management theories of the 20th century. In the new era of disruptive change, however, competitive advantage lies with maximizing human potential in organizations through leadership.
Her resignation, effective Aug. 31, creates an additional level of uncertainty for the Rochester City School District, which for months has faced the possibility that Elia could order a state takeover of the district.
A multiyear investment in Oscine Therapeutics will advance the firm’s efforts to combat degenerative diseases that eat away at the central nervous system.
Socioeconomic factors explain most of the differences in student performance between school districts—but not all. Even with these factors taken into account, school districts in Rochester and other large New York cities underperform.
Kendra Evans helped organize the 2016 Unity Walk against racism in Pittsford and co-founded PittsForward, a nonpartisan, grassroots initiative. Now she is running on the Democratic line against incumbent Supervisor Bill Smith, a Republican. Evans says she wants to spur “meaningful movement forward,” but can she win over those who believe efforts like PittsForward polarize the town?