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Without H-1B talent, Rochester’s economy would be slower, smaller, and less competitive. But changes like untying the visas from companies are needed.
Fairport native Claudia Hoyser will release vinyl of her new album, “Before the Dawn,” with a free acoustic show at Record Archive.
The Caring Music Group, founded 15 years ago by Tony Falzano, is a musical troupe that supports small nonprofits in the Rochester area.
The report released Thursday states that one in every 14 jobs in Rochester is tied to the University of Rochester, and UR has a total statewide impact of $13 billion.
Trump administration actions have cast doubt on federal funding for medical science, which accounted for more than half of the $522 million in research expenditures at the University of Rochester in the last fiscal year.
Data show that Rochester police are falling short of the department’s goals for body-worn camera activation during traffic stops.
The Board of Regents recently mandated that all public school students receive personal finance education, but they fell short by allowing schools to simply integrate financial literacy topics within other existing coursework.
Bloomfield-based startup Finger Foods Farm, whose products and their ingredients come from across the Finger Lakes region, recently won the Audience Choice Award at Grow-NY 2025.
Erica Baum reimagines and repurposes everyday printed materials to create poetic and imaginative works of art, which are now on exhibit at the George Eastman Museum.
Rochester’s Police Accountability Board was in appellate court this week seeking to reclaim the authority to subpoena and investigate officers. Amid the uncertainty, the board continues to release oversight investigations and policy recommendations.
The RPL GO! van provides access to Rochester Public Library services while also expanding visibility of the library system.
Participants in the local rallies were part of “a nationwide day of defiance to reject authoritarianism.”
Book bans and other attempts to restrict access to knowledge serve to keep people isolated, uninformed, and susceptible to authoritarianism. We need to protect academic freedom for our children.
Cocoa Rae David’s Da Purp studio in Southwest Rochester provides access for communities that have been historically oppressed or excluded from traditional creative spaces.
Incumbent Malik Evans has the financial edge over his challengers, Mary Lupien and Shashi Sinha, in the June 24 primary. But each candidate has enough money to fuel a final push.
For the 18th year, the Rochester Women’s Giving Circle has made grants to local nonprofit agencies.
Rochester’s per-pupil charter school funding pales in comparison to RCSD schools—and also lags the charter school funding rate in every other sizable upstate district.
As President Beth Paul enters her last year at the university, which was founded in 1924, Nazareth’s endowment has reached $100 million for the first time.
For nearly two decades, the Westside Farmers Market in the 19th Ward has brought together a diverse and dynamic community while providing access to fresh, local, and affordable produce.
In a new production, the 17th century satirical farce about a sleazy fake evangelist and his prey takes place in a penthouse apartment in 1980s Miami.
The 2019 Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act was meant to transform life for agricultural workers. The legal fight involving a Wayne County apple farm shows how hard that may be.
Proposed legislation aims to give City Council more power to enforce policies that bar RPD and city personnel from assisting or collaborating with federal officers who enforce immigration law.
The pilot program aims to put up to nine factory-built homes on vacant lots in the city.
The move comes after the Trump administration in January halted refugee resettlement.