- The Rochester Beacon explores the complex challenges facing Rochester, New York, through narrative journalism, analysis and opinion grounded in facts. New York must act now to protect the 340B Drug ...

- The Rochester Beacon explores the complex challenges facing Rochester, New York, through narrative journalism, analysis and opinion grounded in facts. The bill, which would ban the sale of personal ...

The city school district’s latest presentation details a sharply reduced budget deficit and a plan to close the remaining gap, but also warns about daunting long-term financial challenges.

The joint funding request from the city and Monroe County totals nearly $500 million, but how much Albany’s final spending plan allocates remains to be seen.

After the Great Recession began in December 2007, the number of Rochester-area jobs plummeted. Though the recession—the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression—officially ended in summer ...

Wells College is slated to close its doors June 30. (Photos by Travis LaCoss) As Wells College prepares to close, some alumni say there is more to the demise of the 156-year-old institution than meets ...