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An Albany area legislator has proposed a bill that would restrict the potency of cannabis products, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing the first federal limits on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water, saying it could prevent thousands of illnesses, and the City of Rochester is hoping its new Office of Financial Empowerment will help pull more residents out of poverty.

The city of Rochester plans to acquire a contaminated property on Flint Street in the Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood to accelerate a planned project there, Rochester police officers who worked during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic are in line for a one-time, $4000 payment under a proposed bill, and threats of an active shooter at several high schools across New York state on Thursday were determined to be hoaxes.

One person is dead and two others were critically injured at a concert at the Main Street Armory late last night, state and local authorities are investigating a petroleum spill in Seneca Lake near Geneva, and a barbershop owner in the South Wedge has been a friend, a confidante, and sometimes a kind of therapist to her loyal patrons for the last 35 years.

A second person who was injured in a stampede at the Main Street Armory on Sunday has died, and Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal to increase the number of charter schools in New York is getting pushback from members of the public education community.

More children are accidentally ingesting cannabis edibles, SUNY Chancellor John King testifies in favor of a tuition hike, and New York is not likely to have a new chief judge until later this spring.

Public gets last chance to comment on national marine sanctuary in Lake Ontario, the firefighter killed in Buffalo has been identified as a 37-year-old dad, and residents can help draft Monroe County's plan to cut greenhouse gases.

A third woman who was trampled at the Main Street Armory has died, the push to ramp up U.S. chip manufacturing could mean big business for a national photonics program based here in Rochester, and about two dozen artists at the Hungerford building have formed a tenants’ union to unite against their landlord.

In the first hour of Connections with Evan Dawson on Thursday, March 9, 2023 we discuss a local response to the decline in youth sports participation.

A national assessment shows average test scores for elementary students across the country are down since 2019, the FDIC has taken over New York-based Signature Bank after its collapse last weekend, and a former teacher’s aide in East Irondequoit is facing child pornography charges.

CEOs of upstate companies are less confident about prospects for the economy in the coming year, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wants to see passage of a bill she says will protect workers’ rights, and Rochester is taking part in climate research focusing on underserved areas.