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Food insecurity worries grow with end of some federal benefits, a Rochester group calls on more cities to help Afghan refugees, and a federal labor judge orders Starbucks to reinstate fired workers.

Rochester Broadway Theater League is buying the remainder of the Auditorium Theatre complex, a New York State Senator is proposing an increase in the speed limit on some roads to 70 miles per hour, and Strong Memorial Hospital receives state funding for emergency department expansion.

Governor Kathy Hochul stopped in Rochester to tout her public safety investments, the superintendent of Rochester schools is making changes to his cabinet this week, and New York’s Farm Bureau ask for more money in the state budget to keep safety program active.

Rochester officials shut down Armory after fatal crowd surge, developers of Whole Food Plaza in Brighton have prevailed in a set of lawsuits but an appeal is likely, and landlords voice opposition to Good Cause Evictions bill after an off-the-cuff comment by the governor.

This is the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, December 13, 2021.

Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on federal law enforcement to crack down on so-called “swatting” incidents, health care institutions and workers continue to push for an increase in Medicaid funding in the next state budget, and students in the Rochester City School District participate in virtual financial literacy classes.

The 2024 eclipse could spell big business for the Rochester area, a state agency that advocates for local health departments is reporting significant staff losses across the state, and a Western New York egg farm operation is donating thousands of eggs for Rochester-based Foodlink.

An upcoming arcade event will showcase video games made by queer creators that will be released in June for Pride month, Americana musician Jackson Cavalier is a finalist in a national folk music contest, and a well-known figure in Rochester business and philanthropic circles has died.

A new Whole Foods in Brighton is set to open Wednesday barring a last-minute delay from the state’s appellate division, Rochester has acquired 10 of the Frederick Douglass statues that were installed around the city and has plans for them, and more than 20 universities across the northeast are joining forces to create a workforce for the burgeoning semiconductor industry in upstate New York.