The pilot program will open a savings account for every Rochester child entering kindergarten with a $20 seed deposit.

The Rochester Beacon explores the complex challenges facing Rochester, New York, through narrative journalism, analysis and opinion grounded in facts. Rochester ...

When it comes to a possible death sentence for Payton Gendron, prosecutors and defense lawyers differ on how the judge should ...

The Tenth Commandment states: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods." Do those who say “the rich don’t pay their fair share” of taxes violate that commandment? Conservative Geoff Rosenberger and ...

At the same time that the county is providing climate action funds to the city of Rochester, towns, and villages, it is granting subsidies to housing projects that will likely lock in fossil fuel ...

The town board’s vote to take down a pride flag underscores why the LGBTQ+ community needs allies now more than ever.

The state Assembly district, a Republican stronghold that spans Wayne County and Webster, has three GOP candidates vying in ...

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to pay for legal services as the Brighton town hall renovation project opponents seek a temporary restraining order and an Article 78 proceeding.

I think we have a winner here.” Sixty-six years later, you can buy that same beer at any gas station in Rochester. Most people don’t think twice about it. Here’s a Rochester story. Cream ale is one of ...

Use of artificial intelligence can accelerate patient diagnoses in a health system under stress, but it’s not risk-free.

MHWS artistic director Annika Bentley describes “Bright Threads” as an “a healing musical immersion.” She also finds its theme very timely. “This seems a really appropriate moment to focus on healing ...

The recently passed state budget gives New York a way to push back against federal immigration practices by limiting the scope of enforcement. Newly enacted legislation prohibits local law enforcement ...