The City of Rochester has expressed official condolences to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a gunman targeting police killed three officers and wounded several others. Mayor Lovely Warren says the thoughts and prayers of Rochester are with Baton Rouge and the families of the fallen officers…as they have been with the family of Alton Sterling, whose […]
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is meeting in Washington, D.C. today with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, talking about her campaign against gun violence. Warren launched a “100 Cities Against Gun Violence” initiative last month, getting nearly 100 cities to agree to speak out against gun violence by the end of June. Members of the caucus […]
The anti-casino organization “A Better Rochester” says it’s collected more than 12,000 signatures on a petition calling for a citywide referendum against a downtown Rochester casino. If the signatures are all valid under state elections law, that would be three times the number needed to force the referendum. The group says it plans to do […]