GUEST OPINION
Budget cuts to public charter schools are detrimental for students
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A decrease in core aid funding, as proposed in the state budget, will impact more than 9,000 learners in Rochester.
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A decrease in core aid funding, as proposed in the state budget, will impact more than 9,000 learners in Rochester.
The funds for local developments are part of a $260 million allocation statewide, spanning 29 developments.
Marielena Velez de Brown M.D., deputy commissioner, will serve as acting commissioner until a replacement is selected.
Roughly 115 professional home care workers at the unit voted to join 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
A recent update reveals that the 2020 cohort has a projected graduation rate of 65.4 percent.
The seemingly private decision about building a family is no longer private with clear and negative environmental effects for present and future generations.
Rochester-area citizens must demand local government and others fight for lower electricity prices for businesses and residences.
Tinsley Ellis rolls through Rochester next week, bringing his “Naked Truth” album with him.
The Pines of Perinton is undergoing a much-needed $65 million renovation amid concerns. Will the tenants, the town and the property owner WinnCompanies find a way forward?
The center at Rochester Institute of Technology is expected to use the resources to expand its efforts.
The lift truck manufacturer plans to use the site to develop advanced energy solutions. The center will be operational in the spring, creating 40 new jobs.
Through community events, RIT professor Ernest Fokoué hopes to expand public awareness of data’s complexities and its power.
With homelessness rising, and our community’s children increasingly at risk, it’s time for the state to help address this burden.
The performance, inaugurating the 50th anniversary season of classical public radio station WXXI, will feature soprano Kearstin Piper Brown and musicians sponsored by the Black Students’ Union at the Eastman School of Music.
Many discarded or seized firearms are eventually destroyed, but not all. The parts that survive can become the components of new firearms—including “ghost guns” that are difficult for law enforcement agencies to trace.
The governor’s announcement of $50 million in state funds will do nothing to lift Rochester’s children out of the misery of poverty—and news reporters gave her a free pass.
The principle behind the property tax is simple, but the arithmetic gets messy with many properties of varying and changing values—which is why reassessments like the one underway in the city of Rochester are necessary.
A new Police Accountability Board report is a deep dive into policies surrounding juvenile use of force that is insightful but also limited by the scope of data from the Rochester Police Department.
Both proponents and opponents have been busy since the draft proposal was released last fall.
The second album from jazz trio CMD is another collection of new takes on favorite classic songs.
Without another extension, the agreement that established the University of Rochester’s education partnership organization to manage East Lower and Upper Schools will expire next year.
Data from Common Ground Health shows the impact of social disconnection in the Finger Lakes region.
The allocation to combat poverty was one of several funding announcements made by Gov. Kathy Hochul in Rochester Tuesday.
A pair of monthly Federal Reserve Bank of New York surveys show a decline in business activity across New York, but also optimism about the future.