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Rochester Beacon
Published September 02Displacement doesn’t work
City officials should stop trying to make sweeps appear more compassionate. If Rochester wants fewer encampments, then house the people living in them.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 02Court upholds Rochester’s sanctuary city status
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit against the city, which first adopted a sanctuary city policy four decades ago.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 01In Brighton, a Nativity scene becomes a constitutional fight
A town resident’s attempts to erect a Christmas Nativity scene in Twelve Corners town square, similar to Jewish and Muslim holiday displays, were met with silence from Town Hall. Now, he has sued the town, alleging violation of his rights to free speech, free exercise of…