Politics

Yesterday, the House of Representatives held a Saturday session and passed a piece of legislation that would help the Postal Service by reversing the changes that are causing their hardships. They also allocated $25 billion to make sure they would be all set for the November election. Many Republicans are calling the act a stunt […]

After this past summer’s primary elections, NYC now has new Assembly Members  who are working towards ending oil-burning and gas-fired units and generators. According to an analysis from the PEAK coalition, (an alliance of five clean-energy and environmental justice groups) “peaker” plant owners received $4.5 billion from 2010 to 2019 from the city. These “peaker” […]

Dr. Lesli Myers-Small, the Rochester City School District Superintendent, announced Tuesday that the district will be getting an additional 20% cut in State funding. This brings the total loss to $128 million. It’s estimated that food and transportation cuts will be around $6 million. The district was already facing a $74 million budget gap for […]

This past Tuesday the port in Beirut, Lebanon, experienced a massive explosion that left 150 dead, thousands injured, and a large portion of their city completely demolished. At first Trump claimed he had received info that it was an “attack” but since then his staff have said that it wasn’t. Trump concluded the week with […]

Labor Day is 2 1/2 weeks away, but New York State Police and other agencies will take part in their Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. The campaign from Which starts today through the holiday on September 7. Last year, nearly 5,000 tickets were issued for impaired driving, and more than 170,000 more for other violations. […]

Jeff Sanders, who is the CEO of Athletic Apex Health Clubs, also spearheads the NYS fitness Alliance who submitted their proposal for reopening this past Thursday. Its a nine page plan that details things like masking, social distancing, and the sanitation protocols that would be utilized for members and employees. Gyms have been struggling financially […]

Local financial experts remark that if this deals falls through it would be a big missed opportunity for Rochester. Peter Navarro, an advisor to Trump, was in Rochester several weeks ago for the announcement of a $765 million loan for Kodak to develop drug ingredients. But Kodak’s stock jumped up to $30 dollars a share […]

Michelle Obama Addressed Monday Night During The Democratic National Convention. Source: PBS News Hour

This past week almost 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits. After rising for two-weeks straight towards the end of July, last week new jobless claims had been down 249,000. Before the pandemic the amount of Americans trying to get unemployment checks had never been more than 700,00 per week. The Labor Department […]

On Wednesday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp overruled all local government mask requirements, even though the infection rate of Georgia is increasing at a very high rate. The governor’s executive order has extended the state of emergency status but instead of requiring masks, they are now “strongly encouraged.” Constituents and local officials are divided on the […]