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Disrupting the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program could endanger the health and safety of sick, disabled, and elderly New Yorkers who use the program to designate their own caregivers and remain in their own homes.
The university expects to prepare more than 170 semiconductor engineers and scientists to help close the workforce gap and strengthen the nation’s semiconductor technology leadership.
The move comes after months of delays and negotiations between vegetable and fruit growers and pickers over unionization.
In designing policies to promote upward mobility, new research suggests, class ought to be given as much and maybe even more weight than race.
In the upcoming presidential election, there is a viable choice, especially for Black voters—but not if they listen to the Black political “mis-leadership.”
In “Sparks Over Time: A Journey of Inspiration,” community organizer and social worker Elizabeth Rossi reveals her personal journey.
Less than three months away from Election Day, the contest for the White House has been upended by President Joe Biden’s decision to end his candidacy. In a new survey, Rochester Beacon readers share their views on Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump.
An appellate division panel decided that former D&C carriers who have alleged sexual abuse by a supervisor are entitled to their long-sought day in court.
Rochester Institute of Technology and NY Sea Grant have received $300,000 to include more urban communities in the Great Lakes watershed.
The Finger Lakes region will get more than $1.8 million from the Family-Centered Services initiative, which focuses on the challenges of family poverty.
Plans for a business improvement district in downtown Rochester are moving into a new phase of community outreach, but winning over BID foes could be difficult.
Seen as a tipping point for artificial intelligence, the trained large language model interacts with users through conversation. The Beacon posed four questions to see what ChatGPT would tell us about our community.
With a $1 million gift from alumnus John Traver, the university’s Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness campaign surpassed its goal.
A new FBI report shows a rise in hate crimes across the nation, but Monroe County may be an exception. Still, this region is not immune to the threat.
The governor’s proposal to fund and require high-impact tutoring in schools is a needed investment that would benefit New York’s most vulnerable kids.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester’s plan in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy ushers abuse survivors into the final stretch.
Shaun Nelms, superintendent of the East Educational Partnership Organization, will become vice president of community partnerships.
Florence Dore, an unabashed rock ’n’ roll fan and scholar, comes to Rochester next week.
A group called ROC Teachers in Action is fielding candidates including Audrey Sowell, a School No. 17 teacher who will challenge the longtime RTA president.
A judge will decide whether primary-care doctor Sudipt Deshmukh caused one patient’s overdose death and fueled another’s addiction by recklessly prescribing opioids.
New econometric analysis credibly demonstrates that investments in early childhood education diminish adult criminality and that the benefits flow disproportionately to high-poverty areas.
The organization has shifted gears to focus on issues, not candidates. But its aim is the same: to create a more fair, open, and representative democracy.
A Rise Up Rochester event sought to highlight best practices for successful police accountability organizations.
With support from the community, the independent bookstore will welcome patrons at a soon-to-be-disclosed location in the spring. A three-alarm fire had forced the shop to close its doors in January.