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The Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals say a strike is now inevitable, a new recycling program aims to take food scraps from the community and turn those into energy, and the New York state Office of Cannabis Management has signed off on a measure allowing cannabis to be sold at fairs, festivals, concerts and other events.

People have reported problems with their swimming pools which appears to be linked to the smoky haze that filled the skies in recent weeks, a winery from the Finger Lakes will be the first in New York to sell its products in Puerto Rico, and candidates for public office in New York disclosed their campaign finances with the state Board of Elections this week.

Members of the local LGBTQ-plus community who also have intellectual and developmental disabilities are getting ready to participate in the Rochester Pride Parade this weekend, producers of the Rochester Fringe Festival have unveiled the lineup for this year's shows, and relatives of those killed and wounded during last year’s mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo are suing those who THEY SAY contributed to the massacre.

For the second day in a row the skies above Rochester and Western New York will be filled with smoke from Canadian wildfires, recount results are in for the Rochester Board of Education primary election, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing for national monument status for Fort Ontario in Oswego.

Despite the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action local colleges and universities are not expecting fewer students of color on their campuses, Monroe County elected officials will get their first pay increases in decades after the Legislature approved them during a meeting last night, and the University of Rochester will be billing patients for more complex requests sent to providers through “MyChart” messaging.”

The city of Rochester appeared to set the stage for a robust study of creating a public utility but the reality is that little has changed, Lollypop Farm is about to embark on a massive expansion, and the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival kicks off on Friday.

Members of the Rochester City Council unanimously approved funding to study forming a municipal utility and cutting ties with Rochester Gas and Electric, the Breast Cancer Coalition awarded $100,000 to help fund breast cancer research, and an official with the Office of Cannabis Management says they are making significant process in paving the way for dispensaries to open around the state.

The push to replace RG&E with a public utility moves next to the Monroe County Legislature and it will likely end there, primary elections take place across New York state on Tuesday, and a new casino might not be in the offing for Rochester after all.

Despite some hotly contested primary races in Monroe County voter turnout is still expected to be low, the Rochester City Council has flexed a long-unused power in this year’s budget cycle, and New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says New York’s financial condition is okay for now but looks very problematic going forward.

The Rochester City School district announced on Thursday a student healthcare initiative, the New York State Public Service Commission met to review customer service performance by state utilities, and Governor Kathy Hochul announced new enforcement actions to crack down on illegal cannabis shops in New York - which do not have regulated products.