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May 15, 2013

• Democrat and Chronicle - Economic development councils vying for piece of $760M
  

May 14, 2013

• WUHF8 - Blood Pressure Challenge: How to Know Your Numbers
  

May 7, 2013

• Business First of Buffalo - Pay for manual laborers rises 3.4 percent in past year
  

May 6, 2013

• Rochester Business Journal - RBA survey: Pay for unskilled workers up 3.4%
  
• WXXI - Survey shows slight pay increase for unskilled workers
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester-area employers eyeing 3% pay raises this year
  

May 3, 2013

• Rochester Business Journal - New partnership brings Top 100 to RBJ readers

May 1, 2013

• WHEC - Rochester Business Alliance hosts job fair on Wednesday

April 30, 2013

• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA to host skilled jobs fair Wednesday

April 29, 2013

• Democrat and Chronicle - What would merged Rochester General, Unity look like?
• WHAM - 100+ jobs available at RBA job fair

April 25, 2013

• WXXI - "Blood Pressure Challenge": Miss America 2013 Visits Pittsford Wegmans

April 24, 2013

• YNN - Community-Wide Challenge to Know Your Blood Pressure Numbers

April 19, 2013

• Rochester Business Journal - Students at city schools need more time in class but get less

April 18, 2013

• WHEC10 - Skilled Jobs Fair to be Held May 1 in Rochester

March 29, 2013

• Democrat and Chronicle - Small business is big in Rochester

March 26, 2013

• YNN - Disney leaders host business program
• YNN - Nomination time for Young Women of Distinction Award

March 25, 2013

• Rochester Business Journal - Unshackle Upstate: State budget is 'a step backward'
• Democrat and Chronicle - Blood pressure checks focus of campaign
• WHEC10 - "Eat Well, Live Well Blood Pressure Challenge" in Rochester

March 15, 2013

• Rochester Business Journal - On its way to timely passage, budget misses a few points

February 27, 2013

• Rochester Business Journal - Rochester Top 100 seeks nominations, sponsors

February 26, 2013

• 13WHAM - Local businesses get help from Google
• WHEC - Google takes you inside
  

• WROC-TV - Year of the women entrepreneur

• Rochester Business Journal - Coalition agenda explains Rochester's priorities in Albany
• MPNnow.com - Small businesses running scare over new healthcare law
• WHEC - Curbing workplace violence
  

• YNN - Get a look inside local businesses on Google Maps

• Democrat and Chronicle - Google views invading the workplace

• Rochester Business Journal - Rochester Community Coalition releases its 2013 agenda

• Democrat and Chronicle - Businesses not sweating end to Saturday Postal Service delivery

• YNN - ATHENA Award presented to MCC President
• WHEC-10 - MCC President Dr. Anne Kress receives ATHENA
  
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• 13 WHAM - MCC President wins ATHENA award
• Brighton-Pittsford Post - Anne Kress, MCC president, wins ATHENA award
• Democrat and Chronicle - Anne Kress wins 2013 ATHENA award
  
• Rochester Business Journal - MCC's Kress wins ATHENA award
  

• WROC-TV - Small Businesses hit hard by proposed minimum wage increases
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Region's unified effort won state development competition

• YNN - Job numbers dip locally but observers see signs of life

• Rochester Business Journal - Philadelphia Fed CEO returns to UR for economic talk

• YNN - RBA president upbeat about 2013 for local business
• YNN - Cuomo pushes for minimum wage increase
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - B+L's possible sale means a fuzzy outlook for Rochester

• Rochester Business Journal - So far, worker's co preform has failed employers in N.Y.

• Democrat and Chronicle - Dear Mr. President: Ensure policies that support private sector

• Democrat and Chronicle - Large crowd fetes Top 100 companies

• Democrat and Chronicle - 225 applicants for Top 100 indicate better times

• WHEC10 - 5LINX tops Rochester Top 100 list for 2012
• Rochester Business Journal - 5LINX Enterprises Inc. lands at No. 1 on 2012 Rochester Top 100
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - More local companies offer high-deductible health insurance plans

• Democrat and Chronicle - Southwest airlines coming to Rochester
• Rochester Business Journal - To hold public officials accountable, be an informed voter on Nov. 6
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Report: N.Y.'s workers' comp premiums among the highest
• Democrat and Chronicle - New York criticized for workers' comp system
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Deadline to buy Top 100 luncheon tickets is Oct. 24

• Democrat and Chronicle - Health care costs, initiatives focus of RBA conference
• YNN - RBA holds health conference
  

• LoHud.com - Rochester Business Alliance backs mostly republicans

• Democrat and Chronicle - What's next for I-Square project?

• 13-WHAM - GM fuel plant in Honeoye Falls is closing
  
• Rochester Business Journal - GM to shut down research fuel-cell facility in Honeoye Falls
  
• Fairport-East Rochester Post - GM relocating Honeoye Falls Fuel Cell to Michigan; 220 local jobs impacted

• Rochester Business Journal - Region's development plan is great road map to job growth

• Democrat and Chronicle - Signs Now, Klein Steel and QCI Direct win Rochester Business Ethics awards
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Higher prices may negate pay raises
• equities.com - AT&T 4G LTE Available in Rochester; Customers to benefit from ultra-fast mobile Internet on the latest LTE devices
• Rochester Business Journal - More local employers plan to give raises in 2013
  

• City & State - Setting the Agenda: Economic Development
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Labor Looks ahead to 2012 elections
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Regional health planning if focus of open meeting
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - State health chief hails Rochester
  

• YNN - Thruway toll hike criticized
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Five finalists chosen for ethics award
• Rochester Business Journal - SBC selects annual award finalists
• Fast Company.com - This Rochester Fashion Co. Dresses Mitt Romney, Bob Costas, and Could've Dressesed U.S. Olympians
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Council pressing ahead on Finger Lakes development plan

• Brighton Pittsford Post - Rochester Business Alliance to host workshop on Workers' Compensation System
  

• Brighton Pittsford Post - RBA announces winners, runners-up in Eat Well, Live Well competition

• Democrat and Chronicle - How will the affordable health care act affect New Yorkers?
  
• Democrat and Chronicle -In Rochester and New York, health insurance exchange will be key to Obamacare's implementation
• Democrat and Chronicle - Businesses worry that health care law doesn't
• YNN - Reaction from Rochester's hospitals and business leaders
• WHEC - Obamacare: What it means for local Rochester families
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - July 13 is deadline to apply for this year's Rochester Top 100
  

• MPNnow.com - Deadline approaches for nominations for the Rochester Top 100

• Rochester Business Journal - It's not too early to start thinking about what's at stake Nov. 6

• City Newspaper - Major intervention planned for Northeast Prep

• 13WHAM - Longer school day and year planned for one city school

• Democrat and Chronicle - Presidential visit puts focus on upstate's high-tech growth

• Democrat and Chronicle - Albany must stop overlooking region

• PR newswire - Broad coalition of New York State groups calls on Governor Cuomo for action on Scaffold Law

• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA - Manufacturing wages up

• Democrat and Chronicle - Revamping our business coverage

• Rochester Business Journal - Average hourly pay for manufacturing jobs rises 4.9%

• WHEC - Why AIM for Fairness was started

• Rochester Business Journal - State budget is just first step for business-friendly climate

• Democrat and Chronicle - Businesses seek to end brain drain

• Rochester Business Journal - Rochester must keep demanding equity till the state says yes
• Democrat and Chronicle - Retirees head to battle to battle with Kodak
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Business groups applaud pension reform

• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA seeks Top 100 nominees

• Rochester Business Journal - New push for parity

• Messenger Post - Rochester deserves its fair share of funding
• YNN -Genesee Brewery responds to preservation board vote
  

• Fairport-East Rochester Post - Rochester Business Alliance seeks nominations for 2012 Rochester Top 100

• Rochester Business Journal - Officials support adoption of new pension tier for state workers
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - Some Rochester leaders rally for pension reform
  
• WHEC 10 - Rochester Community Coalition returns from Albany
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester leaders increase pressure in Albany
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - Local group lobbies Monday in Albany
  
• Rochester Business Journal - Rochester Community Coalition seeks support in Albany
  
• WROC8 - Fighting for Rochester's fair share
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Money is tight, but state must still invest in our community

• Democrat and Chronicle - Advice aplenty on superintendent search

• Democrat and Chronicle - Coalition of local leaders releases its agenda
• YNN - Coalition outlines economic agency
  

• URMC - Collaborative 'Rochester model' gets spotlight for hypertension program

• Democrat and Chronicle - Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy assails pension tier detractors

• Rochester Business Journal - Duffy: Mandate relief would save county $36 million
• County Executive Brooks, Chair of the Genesee County Legislature and President of NYSAC Mary Pat Hancock, Mayor Richards and Rochester Business Alliance President and CEO Sandra Parker Back Cuomo Mandate Relief and Pension Reform Plans
• YNN - Xerox to build new call center locally
  

• NY Daily Record - Rochester Business Alliance announces board of directors

• Democrat and Chronicle - RBJ publisher Susan Holliday chairs Rochester Business Alliance board
• Rochester Business Journal - RBA announces new board leadership
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA members more upbeat
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester called "one of 10 cities poised for greatness" in 2012
  
• 13WHAM - Rochester - "Poised for Greatness"
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Battle over generic drugs leaves doctors, drug companies at odds

• Democrat and Chronicle - Gov. Andrew Cuomo to announce $100M for Interstate 390 in Rochester

• Henrietta Post - Rochester leads way with electronic record-keeping
• 13WHAM - Midtown tower still needs funds
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Revenue Deal
• Rochester Business Journal - Even without top prize, our economic plan is a big winner
  

• USA Today - Eastman Kodak fights for its future

• 13WHAM - Rochester and Finger Lakes Region Receive $68.8 Million
• Rochester Business Journal - Region gets $68.8M, not among state's big four winners
• Democrat and Chronicle - State Senate approves measure that cuts taxes for middle class
  

• Rochester Business Journal - RBA wins statewide award for health care initiatives

• YNN - RBA President Says Community Should Be More Supportive of Kodak
• Democrat and Chronicle - Top 100 gala celebrates growth of area businesses

• Democrat and Chronicle - Women's Network to hold conference
• Rochester Business Journal - Coalition unveils plan for state mandate relief
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Top 100 reaches its Silver Anniversary

• Rochester Business Journal - Manning & Napier heads the 2011 Rochester Top 100
• 13WHAM - Rochester Top 100
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester Top 100: Manning & Napier Advisors leads the list
• City Newspaper - Smart growth and the regional development councils
• Ithaca Journal - Economic councils unveil draft plans as deadline looms
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Businesses finding high deductibles favored

• Democrat and Chronicle - More local employers to offer high-deductible health plans for workers
  
• Rochester Business Journal - Employers expect 12% in health insurance rates

• Rochester Business Journal - When voters get lazy, public officials aren't accountable

• PRnewswire - New York eHealth Collaborative Announces Winners for its Digital Health Conference Gala Awards
  
• PRweb - New York Blood Pressure, Inc. Announces Innovative Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester Business Alliance declines to endorse school board candidates

• Messenger Post - RBA political arm announces county, city endorsements
• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA group endorses Brooks, Doorley
• 10WHEC - Rochester Business Alliance PAC announces endorsements
  

• 13WHAM - Rochester leaders reflect on Kodak's week

• Democrat and Chronicle - Unlikely alliance coalesced to fix Rochester's schools

• WXXI - Vote, Be Heard campaign

• Democrat and Chronicle - New campaign to encourage school voting launched
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester Business Alliance urging city school voters to polls
• Messenger Post - Business and faith communities launch voting campaign
• YNN - RBA launches campaign encouraging people to vote
• 13WHAM - Business, religious leaders encourage voting
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Regional economic councils are yielding benefits already

• Rochester Business Journal - RBA to honor Top 100 at annual meeting

• Democrat and Chronicle - Pay raises planned by 85 percent of area employers
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - Businesses cite job barriers

• Democrat and Chronicle - Future is at stake Tuesday

• Rochester Business Journal - Government just moved too slowly for Paetec to build at Midtown
• Greece Chili Post - NY residents leaving in droves
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Businesses are unhappy with the new fee on unemployment insurance expenses

• Penfield Post - Development council creates groups at second meeting
• UticaOD.com - Should chambers of commerce endorse candidates?
• YNN - Schumer wants 'job-killing tax' to end
• Democrat and Chronicle - Regional development panel to involve public
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Health care initiative generates some $15 million in savings
• Irondequoit Post - Report finds Six Sigma has reduced health care costs
  

• City Newspaper - Cuomo's Plan to Grow New York State's Economy

• Rochester Business Journal - Wegman, Seligman to chair Economic Development Council
• Democrat and Chronicle - Joel Seligman, Danny Wegman will lead regional economic council, Cuomo says
• WHEC - Gov. Cuomo in Rochester: "Grow the economy, grow the economy, grow the economy."
• WGRZ - Cuomo Contributors Featured on Economic Development Councils
• Democrat and Chronicle - Initiative aims to attract primary care doctors to Rochester area
  

• MPNnow - Pete Otero, MCC executive dean, named Hispanic Business Person of the Year

• Democrat and Chronicle - Largest set of entrepreneurs aren't so young
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester might be hotbed of future high-tech entrepreneurial activity
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Employees' health may require the occasional food fight

• Democrat and Chronicle - Are you Down4Lunch?
• Democrat and Chronicle - MCC's Emeterio Otero is named Hispanic Business Person of the Year
• Rochester Business Journal - MCC's dean named Hispanic Business Person of the Year
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - D&C deals website joins growing trend

• Democrat and Chronicle - Citizens Bank donates $40,000 to boost jobs in Rochester's optics industry

• Democrat and Chronicle - Update advocacy found footing, made progress

• Messenger Post - Forbes: Small businesses key to Rochester's Economic Success

• YNN - RBA honors 51 businesses in Eat Well, Live Well Challenge
• Messenger Post - Rochester Business Alliance names winners in Eat Well, Live Well Challenge
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Property tax cap needed to enforce Albany reform of unfunded mandates
  
• WHEC - Rochester Business Alliance launches new discount program
• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA to partner with online discount firm TryItLocal.com
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - State Senate is playing politics with city students

• Democrat and Chronicle - Job fair Wednesday targets recent college grads to stay in area

• Irondequoit Post - RBA hosts business after-hours networking event

• Rochester Business Journal - Albany pols dither and dawdle as time for reform ticks away

• The Business Review - New biz lobby spends $4.2M in 2 months
  
• Politics on the Hudson - Unshackle Upstate: Cap without exemptions, or no cap at all

• Messenger Post - New York economic recovery slow, but "headed in the right direction"

• Democrat and Chronicle - Cuomo's top economic development official in Rochester today

• Rochester Business Journal - RBA survey finds drop in manufacturing wages

• WHAM - Local Wages Stay Steady

• Chicago Post - New schools chief Brizard largely likable but not often liked

• The Daily News Online - Rochester business group endorses Corwin in 26th

• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA help connect owners, counselors

• WHEC - Rochester Business Alliance Endorses Jane Corwin

• Democrat and Chronicle - Future foggy as Jean-Claude Brizard departs

• Democrat and Chronicle - Our official state vegetable is the muddleheaded legislator

• Albany Bureau - Budget will bring pain and changes to state services

• Democrat and Chronicle - Forecast - Rochester-area executives are upbeat about prospects this year

• YNN - RBA endorses Tom Richards as Rochester Mayor
• Rochester Business Journal - RBA endorses Richards for Mayor
  

• Rochester Business Journal - US Airways discounts same-day purchases here significantly
• Democrat and Chronicle - US Airways cuts some fares to, from Rochester
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Area speaking with one voice on priorities for state funding

• Rochester Business Journal - Leaders upbeat on energy, job programs
• Rochester Business Journal - RBA leads campaign for Amerks sellout
  

• Capitol Confidential - Fair weather friends

• Democrat and Chronicle - Group pushes for state funding

• WHEC - Rochester business leaders lobby for more funding in Albany
• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA plans two March employment sessions
  

• Pressconnects.com - The New York stigma: Worst business climate in the country

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester's economy did better than most during recession, new data shows
• Democrat and Chronicle - Community leaders push 4 key projects
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Manufacturers Association becomes Unshackle Upstate partner

• Rochester Business Journal - Cuomo's budget creates hope of getting off the road of ruin

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester area business leaders are behind schools chief Brizard

• YNN - Gillibrand: Lee's district won't suffer in his absence

• Rochester Business Journal - Event to showcase RBA

• Democrat and Chronicle - Break trend to right N.Y. ship

• Democrat and Chronicle - Ready or not, health care changes in 2011

• Rochester Business Journal - Cuomo's speech raised hopes for an end to business as usual
  
• Rochester Business Journal - Greek goddess attributes - a Rochester legacy
• MPNnow.com - Kitty Van Bortel wins 2011 ATHENA award
  

• 13WHAM - 25th Annual ATHENA awards luncheon today
• Democrat and Chronicle - Kitty Van Bortel brings home ATHENA award
• Rochester Business Journal - Van Bortel receives ATHENA award

• Democrat and Chronicle - Unshackle Upstate lobbying group upbeat on tax cap's chances
• Rochester Business Journal - Unshackle Upstate urges state Legislature action
• Democrat and Chronicle - 19 predominantly African-American churches hold blood-pressure screening contest
  

• stargazette.com - N.Y. governor assesses tax cap push

• FoxBusiness.com - Reforming Health Care One Community at a Time
• Democrat and Chronicle - ATHENA Awards set for Jan. 20
• PoliticsOnTheHudson.com - No plans to make Save NY donor list public
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester region sees hope for better job market in 2011

• Messenger Post - Guest Essay - Property tax cap right fit for New York

• Democrat and Chronicle - What's ahead for authorities, business, environment, health

• NY Times - What a Property Tax Cap Would Do

• Democrat and Chronicle - College dropouts strain families, economy

• Democrat and Chronicle - Michael Kane returns to Rochester as publisher of the 'Democrat and Chronicle'

• Democrat and Chronicle - Washington does right thing with compromise on tax bill

• Rochester Business Journal - State government must act on fiscal agenda; our survival is at stake
  
• PressConnects.com - Business groups offering support to Cuomo
• Democrat and Chronicle - Hiring in private sector accelerates
• Democrat and Chronicle - Thomas Richards readies for Rochester mayoral run
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA survey shows businesses are upbeat about 2011
• Rochester Business Journal - RBA survey sees spike in favorable business conditions
  

• Rochester Business Journal - RBA organizing 2011 trip to Rio de Janiero
• Democrat and Chronicle - Thomas Richards will run for mayor if special election held
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Battle continues vs. unrelieved pain of healthcare costs

• Rochester Business Journal - Priority for new state officials must be restoring fiscal sanity
• Rochester Business Journal - Finalists selected for Athena award
• Democrat and Chronicle - 18 finalists are named for prestigious Athena award
• Messenger Post - 18 Athena Award finalists announced by Rochester Business Alliance
• WHAM - Job outlook improves
• Democrat and Chronicle - What will it take to get voters engaged?
  

• Messenger Post - Rochester Business Alliance releases "Economic Survival Guide"
• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA unveils 10-point policy plan to boost state economy
• WHEC - RBA releases New York State Economic Survival Guide
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Cuomo adds Parker to transition committee

• Democrat and Chronicle - Noticeable divide for mayoral plan
• City Newspaper - Politics: Public weighs in on mayoral succession
  

• WHEC - Mayoral succession: big names on both sides
• Democrat and Chronicle - On the ladder: Joe Boyd
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Firms raise workers' health costs

• Democrat and Chronicle - Robert Duffy to lead Andrew Cuomo's transition team

• Innovation Trail - Verizon has "unfinished business" with NYS

• Rochester Business Journal - Survey: Employers plan for hikes in health insurance rates
• Democrat and Chronicle - Survey: Area employers expecting 14 percent hike in health care costs in 2011
  

• NY Daily Record - New York ranks at bottom of tax index

• Democrat and Chronicle - Albany's new power duo can take cues from the Top 100

• Democrat and Chronicle - Area business leaders to keep on election winners

• Democrat and Chronicle - SenDEC Corp. honored for placing first among Top 100 companies
• Democrat and Chronicle - Local company doing well in these times
• Rochester Business Journal - Rochester Top 100 honored at gala luncheon
• WHAM-13 - RBA names Top 100 companies
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - How the Top 100 were chosen

• Democrat and Chronicle - Collaboration can put Rochester at forefront of Medicaid reform
• Democrat and Chronicle - SenDEC tops this year's Rochester Top 100
• Rochester Business Journal - SenDEC Corp. ranked No. 1 on RBA Top 100 list
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Jean-Claude Brizard hopes to continue city school reforms

• Democrat and Chronicle - New York OKs health insurers' rate hikes

• The Business Review - Unshackle won't endorse Cuomo or Paladino

• News Release - Unshackle Upstate and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership endorse Harry Wilson for Comptroller

• Rochester Business Journal - New York's economic future is at stake on Judgment Day

• Press Release - Unshackle Upstate unveils 2010 endorsements
• Buffalo News - Business group pushes for GOP control of State Senate
• Business Review - Biz Council's trickle-down effect
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Paychex names Martin Mucci its new CEO

• Rochester Business Journal - New face of business

• MPNnow - Rochester Business Alliance announces endorsements
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester Business Alliance endorsements
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Poll: Carl Paladino ahead in western N.Y.; Andrew Cuomo leads statewide

• Press Release - Lee unveils major manufacturing for tomorrow jobs plan

• Rochester Business Journal - This is your chance to help clean up the Albany mess
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - Jobless rate in region falls to 7.5 percent

• Democrat and Chronicle - 86 percent of Rochester-area companies plan pay raises in 2011
• Rochester Business Journal - RBA survey finds most employers plan raises in 2011
• WHEC - Do you plan on asking your boss for a raise next year?
• Press Release - Slaughter invites local business leaders to Washington to reduce the high cost of airfare
  

• Press Release - Gillibrand announces new upstate jobs bill to put New Yorkers back to work, rebuild economy for long term strength and stability

• Democrat and Chronicle - Chris Lee calls for a big cut in U.S. corporate income tax
• Press release - Lee unveils major "Manufacturing for Tomorrow" jobs plan
  

• Capitol Confidential - Unshackle's Scorecard

• PressConnects.com - Upstate business group hands out grades for state lawmakers

• Rochester Business Journal - Unseat legislators who lack the courage to face fiscal reality

• Democrat and Chronicle - Networking a great way to find clients

• Democrat and Chronicle - Businesses unhappy with New York budget

• Democrat and Chronicle - Unshackle Upstate to pick candidates to oppose

• Democrat and Chronicle - Tax credits to ease health costs

• Democrat and Chronicle - Sen. Gillibrand offers jobs plan

• WHEC - Senator Gillibrand in Rochester Friday
• WHEC - Sen. Gillibrand announces bill to help local small businesses
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Ugly state budget process has ignored three intractable problems
• Democrat and Chronicle - Comptroller: budget contains 7.6 percent spending increase
• Democrat and Chronicle - Partnerships bring business models into schools
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rate increase for RG&E and NYSEG might be a week away

• Rochester Business Journal - Rochester Business Alliance sets trip to China

• Democrat and Chronicle - R. Carlos Carballada named 2010 Hispanic Business Person of the Year
• Rochester Business Journal - Carlos Carballada selected for Hispanic business award
  
• YNN - R. Carlos Carballada chosen for Hispanic Business Person honor
  

• WXXI - Another effort to create awareness of high blood pressure danger

• Excellus Press Release - Toss the Salt on July 4th

• LoHud.com - Duffy in Albany on mayoral control, asked about state budget

• Democrat and Chronicle - Mayoral control bill in hands of Senate
• Democrat and Chronicle - Status quo fails too many kids
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Push for mayoral control of schools heats up

• Democrat and Chronicle - Fate of mayoral control now lies in the state Senate

• Democrat and Chronicle - 'Prior approval' of premiums alters health care landscape

• Rochester Business Journal - Governance of city schools is not just Mayor Duffy's issue
• Rochester Business Journal - Supporters push to get school. plan approved
  
• WHEC - Meeting on Mayoral Control in RCSD
• Irondequoit Post - Alesi named to governor's small-business advisory board
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Effort targets high blood pressure
• Politics on the Hudson - State Economic Development Chief defends Excelsior
  

• WXXI - Battling hypertension in the community

• Democrat and Chronicle -Rochester-area coalition to battle scourge of high blood pressure
• Rochester Business Journal - Collaborative hopes to raise blood pressure awareness
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - New coalition backs mayoral control
• WXXI - Rochester Kids First Coalition continues mayoral control push
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Groups oppose proposed legislation
  
• Education Week - Mayoral Control Bill Launched in N.Y. Legislature

• Oneida County Carrier - 2010 Howard J. Berman Prize awarded to HealthFriends, Inc.
• Rochester Business Journal - Leaders see move as a plus
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Business leaders say Robert Duffy would be advocate for upstate
• VoteUpNY.com - Community leaders weigh in on Duffy news
  

• City Newspaper - Robert Duffy is Cuomo's choice for lieutenant governor
• YNN - Republicans pounce on Duffy's 'Unfinished Business'
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Four young women win awards
• VoteUpNY.com - Community leaders weigh in on Duffy
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester Captial Forum to focus on growth in health information field

• Democrat and Chronicle - Public needs to take stand on what to cut from state budget

• Rochester Business Journal - Little getting done in Albany, but Judgment Day is coming

• BusinessWire - Henry, Parker, Battaglia Elected to Tompkins Financial Corporation Board

• Democrat and Chronicle - RBA seeks nominations for 2010 Top 100 companies ranking

• Democrat and Chronicle - Western N.Y. to greet President Obama with economic worries

• Democrat and Chronicle - Study reaffirms that UR is a powerhouse in N.Y.

• Democrat and Chronicle -Mega Mixer gives professionals chance to make new connections
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Business networking 'Mega Mixer' today expected to draw more than 200
• UnshackleUpstate.com - Unions and the great pay debate
  

• Legislative Gazette - SUNY plan gets thumbs up from business leaders

• Democrat and Chronicle - An increase in RG&E's service rates is not that clear-cut

• Democrat and Chronicle -Cases made for and against mayoral control of Rochester schools

• Democrat and Chronicle - Mayoral Control bill not yet ready in Legislature

• CITY Newspaper - Duffy the DINO

• Democrat and Chronicle - Seminar to examine impact of health reform

• Rochester Business Journal - More borrowing is no way out of fiscal disaster

• Democrat and Chronicle - Iraqi manufacturers visit Rochester to learn about business

• Democrat and Chronicle - Small businesses face hurdles to leading economic recovery

• Democrat and Chronicle - Dialogue important to accommodating disabled

• Democrat and Chronicle - Leadership: Women find fewer obstacles on way to career success

• Democrat and Chronicle - Health care reform's impact on businesses a big question mark
• 13WHAM - A streetcar named Rochester?
  

• Rochester Business Journal - N.Y. mulls control of rates
• Rochester Business Journal - Albany is listening, but it still might lack the courage to act
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Proposed tax on sugary beverages lacks support

• Democrat and Chronicle - Failed price-fixing policy shouldn't be reinstated

• Democrat and Chronicle - Community Coalition spells out 2010 agenda
• Unshackle Upstate blog - Sensing change, but not enough
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Business owners to talk on overcoming hurdles

• Democrat and Chronicle - Closure of Birds Eye Foods' local headquarters will result in loss of 205 jobs
• WHEC - Local Birds Eye Foods plant closing, 200 employees to be let go
  

• WHEC - Advocates and local leaders head to Albany for Advocacy Day
• YNN - Mayor, Community Coalition plan to lobby in Albany for city, county
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester leaders to lobby Tuesday in Albany
• WXXI - Jobs high on list as lobbyists head to Albany
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Business After Hours starts 2010 at unusual locale

• PressConnects.com - Business coalition turns to politics

• Rochester Business Journal - MCC chief bolsters ties to business

• Democrat and Chronicle - Business coalition to get involved in state elections
• Rochester Business Journal - Unshackle Upstate launches new initiative
• WBGH - Unshackle Upstate announces initiative to inform voters on election day
  

• WROC - Health care plan attractive to small businesses
• City Newspaper - David Paterson's people in Rochester
  

• Democrat and Chronicle - Despite recession, city gears for big plans

• Rochester Business Journal - Community speaks with one voice in explaining priorities to Albany

• WXXI - Mixed reaction to local impact of federal stimulus

• Huffington Post - Why employers need prevention to plug the black hole of medical care costs

• YNN - Taxpayers return from 'Unshackle' Albany trip

• Messenger Post - Helping people achieve their best

• Democrat and Chronicle - Schumer wants tax cuts to help create jobs

• Democrat and Chronicle - Local leaders happy with $151 million grant for high-speed rail
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - "The 2011 Project' will kick off Feb. 4

• YNN - Business leaders start "the 2011 Project"

• Democrat and Chronicle - Startups hold key to economic growth in Rochester

• Democrat and Chronicle - Jennifer Leonard modest in accepting 2010 ATHENA award
• The Daily Record - Monroe County, business officials praise budget proposal
  

• 13WHAM - 24th ATHENA Award goes to president of RACF
• MPNow.com - Brighton resident receives ATHENA award
• Rochester Business Journal - RACF director receives ATHENA award

• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester Business Alliance starts new group for small business owners

• Democrat and Chronicle - New York state laws hurt chance to get Race to the Top money
• Democrat and Chronicle - Unshackle Upstate says new budget must not raise spending
  

• Rochester Business Journal - Give Mayor Duffy a chance to improve the city schools

• WXXI - Local leaders unveil Rochester wish list
  
• Rochester Business Journal - Coalition lobbies state officials for projects
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester leaders identify top projects they'll press in Albany
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - Excellus touts generics as cost-savers

• Democrat and Chronicle - Area's future growth tied to our own wits
• Democrat and Chronicle - New York prowling for tax cheats
  

• 13WHAM - JOBSapalooza 2010

• Democrat and Chronicle - Job seekers crowd JOBSapalooza
  
• YNN - Job seekers meet with area business reps
  
• WROC - Fair shows brain drain continuing
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - State of the State reaction
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - Gov. Patterson wants Empire Zone plan replaced

• WXXI - Business and labor give varying degrees of support to Governor's State of the State Address
  
• Democrat and Chronicle - 30 employers at jobs fair

• YNN - 2010 Economic outlook not so gloomy
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester economy expected to show improvement during 2010
• Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester jobs fair Thursday, JOBSapalooza in Buffalo today
  

• MPNnow.com - Economic outlook discussion planned in Rochester for Tuesday

• Democrat and Chronicle - Mayor Robert Duffy plants flag on Rochester schools takeover