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Simply put, the problems of rising soda consumption and obesity are real.

 If New York's government continues to foster hostile business conditions, more companies will be going out of business or migrating to other states.

It is time that Rochester's leading college gets serious about entrepreneurship education so that the city can return to its roots.

Respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll were closely divided on the Tea Party movement, with a strong correlation between viewpoint and political affiliation apparent in the results.

Home health care is an integral part of today's continuum of patient care.

As one of the fastest-growing segments of the small business community, minority-owned businesses are key to the strength of our economy and our global competitiveness.

The continued increase in the flow of low-skill foreign workers is like having a regressive tax on the poorer members of our society.

Strange as it sounds, New York law actually restricts school districts from restraining or cutting spending.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke thinks the emerging economic recovery will have staying power, but he does not expect a quick reduction in unemployment.

Despite vigorous and occasionally mendacious opposition from congressional Republicans, until recently President Barack Obama's decentralized and "hands off" approach to health care legislation was working. Democrats had managed to pass health care bills in both the House and the Senate, and all that remained to be done was to reconcile the two bills into one final law.

The  SUNY/CUNY Empowerment Act would let SUNY chart its own destiny as other great public universities have always done.

In response to Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget cuts, which include a nearly 20 percent cut in New York State Council on the Arts funding, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra president and CEO Charles Owens and other leaders from major upstate orchestras ...

Yes, I’ve been writing long enough to have learned that editors have certain preferences when it comes to personal descriptive terms. Thus, I’m well aware that the use of adjectives like "slender" or "stocky" is recommended, rather than such inelegant ...

After reading James Bertolone’s latest column ("Anti-union contractors profit by exploiting their workers," RBJ, 1/15/10), I am compelled to send a response. As the Rochester regional vice president of Associated Builders and Contractors’ Empire State Chapter, I can only qualify ...

After reading James Bertolone’s latest column ("Anti-union contractors profit by exploiting their workers," RBJ, 1/15/10), I am compelled to send a response. As the Rochester regional vice president of Associated Builders and Contractors’ Empire State Chapter, I can only qualify ...