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Tom Golisano announces $253 million to add six children’s hospitals to the newly formed Golisano Children’s Alliance

I’m at the Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship this morning for a philanthropic announcement from the institute’s namesake

Invasives species have used the Erie Canal to appear in the Hudson River and Great Lakes

What’s the butter sculpture going to be at the NYS fair this year? We’ll know momentarily

Fall forecast leans warm, wet for western New York "We’re going to see some warmer periods, I think, in August and leading into the start of the fall season across most of the Northeast."

"...we’re going to see some warmer periods, I think, in August and leading into the start of the fall season across most of the Northeast"

I had a lot of bug splatter on the windows, so this will help

These six Rochester birding spots were recognized by New York state Rochester has no shortage of great birding locations, and now they’re getting statewide recognition.

Six recognizable birding spots in Rochester are getting some love from New York State

The heat index is approaching 100 degrees in Rochester and some places around New York state have already seen triple digits in the apparent temperature

Schumer visits Webster to defend solar tax credits under threat from House bill “We firmly believe that eliminating these incentives is the wrong thing to do for us and for everyone in America as well.”

Here's my story:

I’m in Webster for a @schumer.senate.gov press conference on energy tax credits, like those for the solar panels on this home, which were affected by cuts in the recent House funding bill

'We are out of time for half measures': NY activists push for cap-and-invest regulations Climate activists from around the state came to Syracuse to push for more action on New York's climate law.

I was in Syracuse yesterday to cover climate action on cap-and-invest

Cool, dark and critically important: A look inside Mount Morris Dam The concrete edifice spanning Letchworth Canyon helps protect the northern reaches of the Genesee River, including Rochester, from flooding.

I visited the Mount Morris Dam on the Genesee River -- here's what I learned:

A frog's home: Why vernal ponds were added to Pittsford nature spot Vernal ponds are a unique habitat favored by some amphibians

Vernal ponds, a shallow type of wetland habitat favored by some amphibians, were constructed in Pittsford in late April.

Jewish survivor of Nazi Germany urged Rochester to become a sanctuary city. Then it did. Rochester was first designated a sanctuary city by resolution in 1986.

Rochester first identified itself as a sanctuary city in 1986, a designation it reaffirmed in 2017.

'Who is on our side and who's not?' Homan visit underscores divide on immigration policy The Locust Club invited border czar Thomas Homan after 10 officers were reprimanded for removing people from a van and cuffing them for ICE.

I took a break from the climate and weather beat last week to help with coverage of Tom Homan's visit to Rochester and its legacy as a sanctuary city.

More than 140,000 without power, $30M in damages: A look back at the ice storm of '03 Areas closer to Lake Ontario received more than three-quarters of an inch of ice accumulation.

22 years ago, Rochester felt the impacts of a major ice storm that downed trees and powerlines and closed businesses and schools

A day of lobbying: Why climate activists took to Albany in January The priorities of climate activists from around New York state included the NY HEAT Act and guidelines for cap-and-invest.

Some of what I experienced following Rochester climate activists when they visited Albany

William H. Sanders has been named the next president at RIT during a campus ceremony on Jan. 28

Snow 'no deterrent at all' for these diehard Bills tailgaters A lake effect snow event did little to deter Buffalo Bills fans eager to tailgate and watch the team play on Sunday.

There’s a reason they won’t build a dome in Buffalo: Bills fans revel in the cold and snow

Roads are traversable in Orchard Park this morning. Still some light snow coming down ahead of the Bills game tonight

Driving to the Bills game Sunday? What snow, windy weather to expect in surrounding areas The snow may taper off by kickoff, but conditions ahead of the Bills game Sunday night could still make travel difficult.

There’s a lot of snow in the forecast for western New York. Snowsuit up, Bills Mafia