Education
SUNY And CUNY Students Help Puerto Rico Rebuild
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Governor Cuomo says around 500 SUNY and CUNY students are in Puerto Rico to help the island rebuild, ten months after devastating hurricanes.
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Consumer Group Calls On Local Governments To Stop Using Toxic Chemicals On Public Property
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – The Empire State Consumer Project has published its 2018 Government Pesticide Survey, highlighting the hazards of common pesticides used on local government properties.
News
Gasoline Costs Impact Summer Vacation Plans For Many New Yorkers
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – If your summer plans include a driving vacation, prepare to budget more for gasoline.
Education
Campaigning In Albany For School Bus Cameras
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – State lawmakers gathered in Albany Tuesday to push for passage of a bill they say can have a life-saving impact.
health
New York’s Fighting Tick-Borne Illnesses
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – The state is stepping up efforts to control the tick population in an attempt to reduce the spread of Lyme disease.
Elections
GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Asked Again About His Choice For Running Mate
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Many names have been bandied about as a possible running mate for Republican Gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro. That includes Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, who co-chairs Molinaro’s search committee.
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New York, Pennsylvania Officials On The Lookout For A New Invasive Insect
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – There’s a new invasive insect that state officials want to keep out of New York. It’s called the spotted lantern fly, and it has the potential to cause great damage to crops like grapes, hops and apples.
Arts
Class of 2018 Introduced At The World Video Game Hall Of Fame
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – The fourth class of the Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame includes a game experts say helped launch the multi-billion dollar video game industry, and another that has changed the way people consume sports video games, and the way actual sports games are broadcast.
Health
Former Surgeon General: Opioid Addiction Shouldn’t Be Treated As A Crime
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Treating opioid addiction as a crime isn’t an adequate way to deal with this crisis. That’s according to the 16th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. David Satcher, who returned today to the University of Rochester Medical School, where he completed his residency in 1972 and received an honorary degree in 1995.
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More Roundabouts Planned For Upstate New York
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Get ready for more roundabouts. That’s the word from the State Department of Transportation, which is announcing more of the new, safer, circular intersections are coming to the region over the next two to three years.