Jackie Ortiz will be the first Latinx commissioner of elections in Monroe County.
David Andreatta
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U of R joins legal fight to overturn new international student rules
The U of R joins a host of universities filing amicus briefs in a lawsuit challenging a new federal policy that could force international students to leave the country.
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As basketball returns to city courts, so does a way of life
As basketball returns to city park courts, the sound of the ball against the pavement and the squeaks of sneakers are a sweet symphony to players.
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The Monroe County Democratic Party’s bad day at the polls
Primary voters threw the local Democratic machine’s orbit off course just enough to show that the electorate is no pushover to the establishment.
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Harry Bronson wins Democratic line in the 138th Assembly District
Assembly member Harry Bronson held on to the Democratic line in defending his seat representing the 138th District.
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Demond Meeks to replace David Gantt in the 137th Assembly District
With no Republican candidate on the horizon in the 137 Assembly District, Demond Meeks will likely cruise to victory in November.
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David Gantt, a fixture in the state Assembly, is dead at 78
Assemblyman David Gantt, who represented Rochester in Albany for nearly 40 years as a man who knew poverty and power in equal measure, died Wednesday.
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Legal fireworks aren’t going boom in the night
Relentless fireworks has blurred the lines between what is legal and what is not for many people who just want the noise to stop.
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Red Wings groundskeeper dreams of revealing his field of green
Rochester Red Wings groundskeeper Gene Buonomo tends a brand a new field at Frontier Field just waiting for a ball game.
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Meeks leads four Democrats looking to replace Gantt
That one of four Democrats will occupy the Assembly seat long held by David Gantt is a certainty — but which one it will be hangs in the balance.
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Bronson leads Yudelson, but race remains undecided
The race between Assembly member Harry Bronson and Alex Yudelson has been perhaps the most closely watched of any this primary season.
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Primary Day was Monroe County’s ‘Indecision 2020’
The 2020 Primary Day process in Monroe County deserves a thorough post-mortem.
