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The campaign, the nation’s largest grassroots annual fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations, runs through Dec. 31.
Launched a year ago, Women and the Vote NYS is building a suffragist directory and gravesite map to guide exploration of New York’s rich and influential suffragist history. Now, a new documentary, “Election Day 2020|NYS,” is in the works.
With the longtime Republican incumbent not seeking re-election, voters in the 56th District will be sending someone new to Albany.
Those who defend high per-pupil spending here cite better student outcomes. Yet the numbers don’t support the narrative.
SunDensity has closed on $2.5 million in initial financing and is establishing its presence in Rochester.
Despite the Rochester district’s chronically underperforming schools, budget crisis and COVID challenges, Lesli Myers-Small says “this is the moment I’ve been waiting for all of my life.”
The company that Austin McChord started in 2007, which employs 200 in the Rochester area, raised more than $500 million in its IPO.
The funds from former students and through a match from Wegmans will make a Fisher education accessible to more students and boost innovative instructional approaches.
Democrat Samra Brouk has a sizable lead over Republican Christopher Missick in campaign contributions. Will she be able to flip the 55th District on Nov. 3?
The pandemic and other challenges notwithstanding, our focus is on growth, not surviving from week to week.
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