Category: City, Education, Local News, State/National News
The Children’s Agenda Sponsors Advocacy Day Trip to Albany
The Children’s Agenda is organizing an Early Childhood Advocacy Day trip to Albany for parents and providers to urge legislators for more...
Monroe County Legislator Ernest Flagler Seeks 137th Assembly Seat
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net As a firefighter, Ernest Flagler saw families in crisis from various traumas. “When we go to...
Natalie Sheppard Announces Run for Assembly Seat Held by Gantt
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Natalie Sheppard, who was elected in 2017 to the Rochester City School District Board of...
As Joe Robach Steps Away, Sherita Traywick and Others Look to Step In
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net After serving the past 16 years in the state Senate and almost that long in the state...
County Executive Dinolfo signs bill making it a crime to harass first responders
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net First on the steps of the County Office Building, and then in the chambers of the County...
Feds: Pawn Shops Scheme Fed Opioid Epidemic
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Five men were arrested in two federal complaints alleging multi-million dollar schemes at two...
Report: Poverty is a Real Killer
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Too much month at the end of money is more than a financial strain. The stress saps health,...
Children Awaiting Parents Calls Attention to Youths Waiting the Longest for a Family
More than 60% of children in foster care spend two to five years in the system before being adopted, and nearly 20% spend five or more...
Seeking Answers to the Question: Why Do We Hate?
Carol Elizabeth Owens Growing up in Alabama, Joyce Wilson Newton heard and saw hate. “My grandparents were Black sharecroppers on land...
Elijah Cummings has Died
Elijah Cummings, longtime civil rights leader and Baltimore congressman, died this morning at age 68. Cummings’ office released a...
