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If the Public Service Commission is not going to effectively regulate utilities, it must help create new publicly-owned utilities.
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.”
As mayor, Malik Evans has failed to address the city’s two festering problems: crime and education. Shashi Sinha will give Rochester the leadership it needs.
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.
In Rochester, poverty and despair are creeping in at the edges from all directions. New government is needed.
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.
Though affordable housing is a challenge locally, Rochester has many resources to help first-time homebuyers.
For the 18th year, the Rochester Women’s Giving Circle has made grants to local nonprofit agencies.
The recently completed legislative session brought millions of dollars in anti-poverty aid and other funding to the region.
Rochester Community Players present the odyssey of “Pericles,” one of the bard’s least-performed plays, in the Highland Park Bowl.
Home prices have been surging here, a fact captured in the city of Rochester’s controversial recent property reassessments. When property values rise, it creates more wealth for homeowners—but a higher assessment does not necessarily translate into a tax increase.
In her lawsuit, Barbara Fagan-Zelazny contends Rochester’s Young Women’s College Prep Charter School terminated her after falsely accusing her of failing to properly deal with inappropriate student-teacher contacts.
The time has come for New York to honor its commitments to environmental justice and climate leadership, and reject the landfill operator’s application to operate beyond 2025.
Demario Strickland became the Rochester school district’s interim superintendent this month. The Beacon posed four questions to see how he views the task before him and how he plans to work with both the community and the school board.
Rochester Artist Collaborative aims to raise $1 million, with a focus on business sponsorships.
Since the state’s takeover of the Medicaid prescription drug program last year, safety net hospitals and clinics—those serving Medicaid, uninsured and underinsured patients—have been reeling from the loss of drug company discounts.
ARPA, which is meant for economic relief following the pandemic, is being treated like pork barrel spending. The Legislature and the public have a right to know what’s going on with these funds.
The U.S. Department of Commerce grant also unlocks $8 million in matching funds and additional resources from Empire State Development.
The court majority blocked the bankruptcy plan for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, a decision that could affect the diocese bankruptcy in undetermined ways.
The ruling Harrington v. Purdue Pharma ensures that the wealthy and the powerful are not able to use the nation’s bankruptcy code to evade accountability.
As universities nationwide have grappled with security issues in the light of student protests, UR has used private security officers to supplement its Department of Public Safety and has hired its first associate vice president for DPS and chief public safety officer.
The 21st edition of the festival ends this evening with a Parcel 5 concert featuring original members of the Meters, whose iconic album “Rejuvenation” was released 50 years ago.