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As Kellogg’s workers and the union representing its cereal plant workers have jointly announced a tentative agreement to put an end to the months-long strike at the company, this strike may even last longer than anticipated. A key issue that is debated at the plant is “a two-tier” issue. Currently, employees who started in 2015 […]

It has been about one week since Governor Kathy Hochul enforced an indoor mask requirement and/or business vaccine mandate, which stirred up controversy among counties across the state. Yesterday, Governor Hochul toured the Crossgates Mall Vaccination Clinic in Albany to promote her mandate. Governor Hochul stated: “I’m asking everyone to be part of this solution, […]

Logic’s suicide prevention hit, “1-800-273-8255” which was released back in 2017 has reported saved hundreds of lives. According to an analysis released by the BMJ, the suicide prevention hotline, which is also the title of the hit, received nearly 10,000 calls and resulted in a 5.5 percent drop in suicide rates in youth (between ages […]

Earlier this month, it was reported that the New York Public Ethics voted to claw back the money on former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s book deal commission of $5.1 million and ordered Cuomo to turn the cash over to the Attorney General’s office within thirty days. However, now the Attorney General’s office says it seems as […]

Yesterday, the Monroe County legislature approved an amended set of district maps in a 20 to 9 vote. While this vote occurred, some democrats argued the vote was illegal and cited legislative rules as well as gerrymandering. Others also argued the amendments were not made available to the individual legislatures before the vote. Monroe County […]

COVID-19 remains a serious threat. Track your health, help our community recover at www.ROCCOVID.org. For complete information on vaccines, testing and self-reporting positive at-home test kit results, please visit www.monroecounty.gov. Free, at-home kits with rapid COVID-19 tests are available to residents beginning: Sat., Dec. 18: Trenton and Pamela Jackson R-Center, 485 N. Clinton Ave.; Sun. Dec. […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is forecasting new COVID-19 cases over the next week. The CDC is predicting up to 1.3-million new U.S. cases by Christmas. The low-end figure is around 620,000 cases. The CDC also found the Omicron variant is spreading faster in New York and New Jersey. Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says […]

Newly proud Texas Southern University graduate, Megan Thee Stallion, is venturing into television after signing a first-look deal with Netflix to produce a tv-series and other projects for the streaming service. While we are still uncovering details on this deal, based on what we know right now on Megan’s show, Tracey Pakosta, Netflix’s Head of […]

Mayor-elect Malik Evans is set to take office on January 1st, 2022 and in preparation for his arrival, Evans has announced more staff appointments. According to Evans, former Rochester City Councilman Dana Miller has been named commissioner of neighborhood and business development and Erik Frisch has been named deputy commissioner of neighborhood and business development. […]

When the coronavirus pandemic first hit and shut down New York State the DMV still wanted to have a way for people to be able to receive their drivers permit  by allowing New Yorkers to take the test online. According to news outlets thousands of New Yorkers may have cheated by letting other people take […]