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Rochester offers a bounty of special events each summer, and this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll asked readers to name their favorites. The plurality of respondents to this week's poll chose the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
Read More »Majority supports Arizona’s new statute on immigration
More than two-thirds of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll favor Arizona’s new immigration law, which makes illegal immigration criminal by defining it as trespassing.
Read More »Poll: Jobs picture has not improved here
A plurality of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say the Rochester-area jobs picture is unchanged from a year ago.
Read More »By a wide margin, readers say CEOs are paid too much
More than 80 percent of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say CEOs are paid too much.
Read More »By a wide margin, readers say CEOs are paid too much
" We see countless times how these positions are overpaid and not punished for their failures," writes one poll respondent.
Read More »Large majority wants state’s union workers to forgo raise
Nearly 90 percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say the state’s union workers should forgo 4 percent raises as Gov. David Paterson has asked.
Read More »Majority opposes plan to put tax on sweetened beverages
More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll oppose the provision in Gov. David Paterson’s budget plan that calls for a penny-per-ounce tax on non-diet soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages.
Read More »Majority disapproves of law reforming health care system
Nearly 60 percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll oppose the health care reform legislation approved by the House on Sunday and signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama.
Read More »Majority favors prior approval for health insurance rate hikes
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll favor a return to requiring that health insurers get prior approval from the state Insurance Department for rate increases.
Read More »Plurality chooses Brooks to replace Massa in Congress
More than a quarter of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks is their pick to replace Eric Massa as the 29th Congressional District representative.
Read More »Majority says Paterson should serve out remainder of term
The majority of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll said Gov. David Paterson, who ended his candidacy for a full four-year term last Friday, should serve out the remainder of his current term.
Read More »Majority says stimulus program has been negative for economy
On its first anniversary, readers weigh in on the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Read More »Majority favors wine sales at groceries and drugstores
The majority of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll favors changing the state law that restricts wine sales to liquor stores and wineries. The poll results were similar to those when the same questions were posed a year ago.
Read More »75% say new coach, GM won’t lead Bills to playoffs
Three-quarters of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll do not expect to see the Buffalo Bills in next year’s playoffs.
Read More »Majority supports Bernanke’s second term as chairman
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll supported President Barack Obama's nomination of Ben Bernanke, who on Thursday was confirmed to a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chairman. See dozens of comments from readers.
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