The Raise the Age movement seeks to get youth ages 16 and 17 out of the adult criminal justice system.
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Deal may avert detention center, Costco problem
Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature are re-evaluating their decision to block a big county borrowing measure. Details are fuzzy, but it looks like the measure may now have enough votes to pass. Democrats have held the legislation up since December in an attempt to get Republicans to support their plan to have the Legislature lead a review of local development corporations affiliated with the county.
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State will finish detention center work
Monroe County will be able to move its children’s detention center to the Industry Residential Center in Rush as of January 10, say state officials.
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Dems float detention center funding plan
Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature say they have a plan to pass financing for a new children’s detention center — the center is already in the works. But Legislature Republicans have already rejected the idea once. This latest proposal is just another aspect of a boiling — and increasingly sprawling — feud in the […]
