If you drive downtown at night this month, you’ll see three buildings – City Hall, the library’s Rundel Building, and the Public Safety Building – lit in purple. The lighting’s part of an observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, highlighting a problem that’s gotten a lot of attention lately. We’ve all heard about – and […]
Louise Slaughter
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The end of antibiotics
Popular media has been promising the world a pandemic for some time now. But here’s a frightening thought: What if the real threat isn’t a genetically engineered superbug or an ambitious avian virus that makes the jump to humans? What if, instead, something neutralizes our most basic defenses so that, for example, strep throat becomes […]
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Slaughter’s foes
It looks like House Representative Louise Slaughter, who represents the 25th Congressional District, could face at least two opponents in her bid for re-election this year. Gates Supervisor Mark Assini, a Republican, and Marine Corps veteran Tim Dean, who plans to run as an independent, both say they plan to take on the well-known and […]
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Assini announces Congressional bid
Gates Supervisor Mark Assini, a Republican, officially announced his candidacy for the 25th Congressional District last night. And in a somewhat subtle way, Democrat Louise Slaughter confirmed she’ll be running for re-election. Just before the start of Assini’s 5:30 p.m. announcement at the Italian American Community Center in Gates, Slaughter’s campaign office sent out this […]
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Train station gets federal funding
This morning, House Representative Louise Slaughter’s office announced that Rochester’s new Amtrak will receive $15 million in federal funding. The U.S. Department of Transportation has permanently allocated the funds, says a press release from Slaughter’s office. The money means that the contract for design and construction can be awarded in the fall, it says. The […]
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Lead exposure numbers down; federal funding in danger
In 2012, 182 children tested positive for blood-lead levels above the 10 micrograms per deciliter threshold, according to data released today by the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning. That’s down from 222 children in 2011, 290 children in 2010, and, going back to 2000, 1,293 children.
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Granny-no-guns
Despite the recent shootings that left two Rochester-area firefighters dead, gun-related injuries and deaths are nothing new to this area. | Mass shootings in suburban malls and schools tend to grab national media attention, but gun violence, as most mayors of US cities can testify, is almost a daily occurrence. | Locally and nationally, the […]
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Congress dumps ballast water provision
The Senate and House of Representatives have rejected a provision that would have weakened an important anti-invasive species regulation in New York state. Representative Louise Slaughter, who co-chairs the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, announced today that the Senate and House each passed a Coast Guard re-authorization bill. But the bill did not include language […]
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Presidential election boosts local candidates
Local political observers say they’re not surprised that incumbent Democrat Louise Slaughter beat Republican Maggie Brooks, the Monroe County executive, in their Congressional contest. But they are surprised, they say, by Slaughter’s margin of victory. According to unofficial results from the Monroe County Board of Elections, Slaughter bested Brooks by about 15 percentage points, 166,342 […]
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Post-election analysis
Analysis and insight from the City news staff on Tuesday’s elections results.
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It’s Barack Obama, for the win
Good night for Dems overall, with Slaughter and O’Brien both winning hotly-contested races.
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Slaughter re-opens 10-point lead over Brooks
With five days remaining before the election, incumbent Democrat Louise Slaughter has regained her 10 point lead over her Republican challenger, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, in the race for the 25th Congressional District, according to a new Siena poll out this morning. Brooks had narrowed the gap to about five points early last month. […]
