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New York’s highest court has ruled the state doesn’t have to pay Monroe and seven other upstate counties for Medicaid expenses that were made before the state enacted the Medicaid Cap in 2006, but not filed until after the new law took effect. The Court of Appeals ruled today in a decade-long suit brought by […]
The head of Rochester’s Veterans Outreach Center — Todd Baxter — wants middle aged men go get an important message: don’t put off getting screened for prostate cancer. The 51-year-old Baxter, who is also the former Greece Police chief, says he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last month. Baxter says he put off the blood […]
Rochester is expanding its pilot mixed-recycling program city-wide starting next month. Mayor Lovely Warren says paper, metal, glass and plastic will all go into one large blue recycling toter instead of the small recycling boxes. Roll out will start November 7th and be completed in June. One big difference: they’ll be picked up every OTHER […]