Economy & Business
Summit aims to support entrepreneurial women
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The Elevate Women’s Business Summit next month will feature networking and a host of speakers on a packed agenda.
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The Elevate Women’s Business Summit next month will feature networking and a host of speakers on a packed agenda.
A carbon pricing bill with cash back to US households would harness the forces of capitalism to solve this problem.
All participants in a new Rochester Beacon reader survey agree: Americans are polarized politically. Views vary, however, on why that’s so and what can be done about it.
Attorneys for Donald Trump claim the law that resulted in a nearly $500 million verdict against him represents “a tyrannical abuse of power” by Democrats. But in fact, this anti-fraud law was a Republican-drive statute and it has been consistently supported by GOP state lawmakers over nearly 70 years.
He departs the Rochester City School District in July to join the Churchville-Chili Central School District.
The local organization and three others in Monroe County were among 361 nationwide selected to receive funding from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving
The RCSD initiative to recruit and retain teachers is now looking for community volunteers, including alumni, who can leverage their expertise and networks.
The comedy, produced by Rochester Community Players’ Irish Program, opens tonight at he Multi-Use Community Cultural Center.
The campaign to create a business improvement district, led by the Partnership for Downtown Rochester, faced vocal opposition and insufficient City Council support.
Alternative therapy, transformational travel, outdoor experiences and employment are some of the approaches in use in the city of Rochester to reduce violence.
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.
More than $100 million in grants will be awarded statewide, up $17.7 million.
Our Voices Project will present its newest film, “Being Black in America,” later this month at the Pittsford Community Library.