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The Rochester Beacon story on a Brighton elementary school’s decision to drop “Jingle Bells” from its music curriculum has sparked news coverage—and a torrent of online comments—around the nation and across the globe.
The 4,094 new COVID cases Wednesday are up from 754 a week ago, reflecting a holiday surge.
The potential for political violence continues to pose a threat to our democracy, says Gretchen Helmke, a University of Rochester political scientist and a founding member of Bright Line Watch.
Joining forces with Apex Advisors creates a firm with more than $725 million in assets under management.
In his inaugural speech, the city’s new mayor told the community that “together we will chart a path that will build a bridge to Rochester’s future.”
With infections and hospitalizations increasing, the governor says “wider steps” to combat the pandemic may be necessary.
Individual donors gave more than $20,000 during NewsMatch, the nation’s largest grassroots fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations.
The Finger Lakes region has the highest hospitalization rate in New York, and most of the patients are unvaccinated.
In a new Rochester Beacon survey, a large majority express pessimism about the six-month outlook for COVID-19—and many point a finger at the unvaccinated and those who won’t wear a mask.
Once again, this year showed that Beacon readers and writers alike are drawn to a wide range of topics.
For the last 12 years, through her nonprofit, New York State Literary Center, Dale Davis has helped inmates at the Monroe Correctional Facility in Brighton become more engaged with their community, and with their families, through reading and writing.
There has never been a complex problem like climate change. Why should this this matter to Rochester?
Rochester has a rich history as a leader in sustainable manufacturing. But are we doing enough to tout local research and innovations in the field?
It’s not easy being green—but it can be tempting to fake it. Regulators take a dim view of greenwashing, disinformation put out by an organization to present an environmentally responsible public image.
Upstate rates of opioid deaths far exceed the rates experienced in New York City’s largest boroughs. The growth in the rate of deaths due to opioid overdoses is terrifying.
As the nation paid tribute to the 41st president, Alex Zapesochny spoke with Curt Smith, Bush’s chief speechwriter and author of “George H.W. Bush: Character at the Core,” about the man he knew. Listen to their conversation.
Quality of life and other non-financial factors often get credit for retaining Rochester residents and drawing new ones. But what if money also is part of the equation? Is it possible the high-taxes narrative is only part of the story?
Our decision to expand outside San Francisco was primarily a financial one, but we also needed close proximity to world-class universities and the same type of innovative community that we’ve enjoyed as serial entrepreneurs in the Bay Area.
Robert Zapesochny’s family emigrated from the former Soviet Union. President George H.W. Bush’s policies helped many of his relatives and friends do the same. From the reunification of Germany to the Gulf War, Bush has had a far-reaching impact on history.
Politicians promote misconceptions to build support for punitive approaches to programs that help people in poverty pay for food, receive medical care and find housing.
The official poverty threshold is equal to three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for family size. Is it an adequate measure?
The history of place-based economic development is not particularly encouraging. When tax incentives are employed, they can be poorly targeted, reducing the tax liability of the prosperous while conferring little benefit on people in need.
Rochester has a number of nonprofit business incubators designed to assist fledgling firms. Now, two for-profit businesses—Innovative Solutions and Envative—are getting into the game.
Is an alternative payment scheme designed to cut costs and improve care inadvertently shortchanging minorities and poorer patients? A URMC researcher aims to find out.