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New York continues to offer the film and television industry the largest tax breaks in the nation. Gannett’s Albany Bureau reports that New York gives $420 million in film tax credits a year, with 48 productions receiving $180 million between ...

The trend of athletes kneeling or sitting during the national anthem to protest racial disparity, especially in interactions with the police, reached fever pitch over the weekend. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started the controversial protests last year, ...

A group of activists on Monday protested the Rochester Police Locust Club’s plan to use $90,000 of club funds to pay for 60 Rochester police officers to get training from Dr. Bill Lewinski. Lewinski is the founder of the Force ...

Following the New York State Board of Regents’ approval of the state’s plan for evaluating and improving its schools, New York can now submit its plan for complying with the Every Student Succeeds Act to the federal Department of Education ...

Representatives of the Rochester Red Wings baseball club and Monroe County government agreed Tuesday on a new lease for Frontier Field after the Red Wings raised the possibility last week of leaving Rochester. The county sold bonds to build Frontier ...

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.