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Henrietta has brought in over $750,000 in cannabis tax revenue thanks to the opening of two adult-use dispensaries—Rise and MJ Dispensary—along Jefferson Road. Town Supervisor Stephen Schultz says the revenue growth could help offset property taxes, which rose in 2024, and may lead to a rollback. The funds have already helped launch a new traffic […]
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared autism a growing “epidemic” during a press conference on Wednesday, citing a new CDC report that shows autism rates have increased from 1 in 36 children in 2020 to 1 in 31 in 2022. Kennedy called the trend “alarming” and emphasized the need to […]
Longtime Rochester School Board Commissioner and former board president Cynthia Elliott will leave her position at the end of the year. She told News10NBC she didn’t get enough signatures to get on the ballot to run for another term as commissioner. Elliott’s term ends in December. She’s served on the school board for two decades. […]
President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs are expected to increase costs on a wide range of goods, from groceries and clothing to cars and home materials. Tariffs are essentially import taxes that raise the cost of foreign-made products, which often gets passed on to consumers. Economists warn the impact will be most severe for low-income […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested Thursday that around 20% of the job cuts by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency will be wrong and need to be corrected. Around 10,000 employees were laid off from the Department of Health and Human Services , as part of a restructuring architected by Kennedy and Elon Musk’s DOGE […]
Foodlink and Feeding America leaders are sounding the alarm after over $1 billion in USDA funding cuts impacted food assistance programs. Foodlink CEO Julia Tedesco says the organization lost $600,000 in expected food deliveries this spring, threatening local food pantry supplies. The cuts affect programs like TEFAP, which provides food to low-income families. As demand […]
Senator Cory Booker made history this week by delivering a 25-hour, 4-minute speech on the Senate floor, breaking a 68-year-old record previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond. Booker’s marathon speech targeted the Trump administration’s immigration, economic, and education policies, which he called harmful to everyday Americans and democracy itself. The speech began Monday evening and […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) was on the receiving end of a live-broadcast prank call last week, and as one could guess, the politician was ready to “pop off.” In the audio shared on Instagram, Nephew Tommy of the Steve Harvey Morning Show gave the 44-year-old a ring, claiming to be a man named Terrance, who is the president of a company […]
President Donald Trump is set to declare April 2 as “Liberation Day,” announcing sweeping tariffs on imports in an effort to bolster U.S. manufacturing and penalize foreign countries. The proposed tariffs include 25% on autos, pharmaceutical drugs, lumber, and other goods, with additional levies on Chinese imports for fentanyl-related issues. Trump claims the move will […]
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