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Few, if any, places have been spared from the opioid epidemic that has ravaged the United States this decade. From 2000 to 2015, the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids in the United States more than tripled. States and municipalities ...

Last week saw the first public forum on the future of Parcel 5 since Mayor Lovely Warren announced in April that the Golisano Performing Arts Center had been selected for the site. People packed City Hall to debate not only ...

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Late last month, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, President Donald Trump suggested a plan for residents in ailing upstate counties—leave. This week’s RBJ Snap Poll asks readers their views on Trump’s comments. A plurality—45 percent—disagree with the president.

The majority of respondents to this week’s RBJ Snap Poll opposes New York’s Paid Family Leave program.

This week’s Rochester Business Journal Snap Poll asked readers how they would vote on holding a New York State Constitutional Convention.

This week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau decided to ban most types of mandatory arbitration clauses, which require credit card or bank customers to use a mediator when they have a dispute—often giving up their right to sue in court. Respondents to this week’s Rochester Business Journal Snap Poll strongly support the decision to ban the clauses.

This week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll asks readers to name their favorite summer event. The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival was the top choice.

This week’s poll asked readers their views on the nuclear plant subsidies and the state’s renewable energy push. A majority supports the state’s plan for the nuclear plants.

Nearly 85 percent say employers should offer workplace wellness programs. That compares with around 80 percent in a similar poll done in early 2016.

President Donald Trump last week decided to remove America from the Paris climate agreement. This week’s RBJ Snap Poll asked readers their views on Trump’s decision.

State, federal and local officials—fueled by heavy flooding and property damage this spring—have ramped up efforts to get the U.S. government to change the policies that currently regulate Lake Ontario water levels. This week’s RBJ Snap Poll asked readers whether they support a repeal of Plan 2014.

The week’s RBJ Snap Poll asked readers their views on bans of or taxes/fees put on single-use plastic shopping bags. A plurality favored neither a ban nor a tax, but a majority favored some action, either a ban or a tax.

This week’s RBJ Snap Poll asked readers their views of a ban on employers asking about an applicant’s salary history or to base compensation decisions on prior salary history.

This week’s RBJ Snap Poll ask readers their views of the health care coverage legislation. A plurality of respondents support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by roughly 2-to-1 over the Republican plan.

This week's RBJ Snap Poll asks readers how they view the Rochester area being the site of major golf tournaments?