WXXI's Randy Gorbman recaps the biggest business stories of the year, from Wegmans, to Greenlight Networks, to a merger between two Rochester media companies.

Six years ago, Christine Walker had never met a person like her romantic and business partner, Lore McSpadden. Not just in the lovestruck sense, but also in the literal sense. McSpadden is transgender and nonbinary, a person whose gender cannot be

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is releasing some of his proposals for the new year early, and one of them is a plan to ban polystyrene -- a plastic foam commonly known as Styrofoam -- in takeout containers from restaurants and fast-food outlets. It follows the passage

After weeks of protests by students and teachers, the Rochester Board of Education is scheduled to vote Thursday night on a plan to eliminate more than 150 teaching positions in the City School District. The mid-year job cuts are part of Superintendent

At a recent Rotary meeting, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren made a bold claim about the area’s economy. Warren announced her intentions to declare 2020 the year of return. Warren cited filling in the Inner Loop, photonics projects, and private and public

Deaf refugees often have histories of being oppressed and marginalized in their nation of origin. Advocates in Rochester have organized to help folks adapt and become self-sufficient here in New York state -- folks like Sangita and Purna Kami. Sangita

Last summer, 11-year-old Jacalvionne Boyd, who has autism, walked away from his home on Avenue E in Rochester over 20 times. Once, he was found 10 miles away in Gates. His mother called police to track him down. "His mom had newly moved here to Rochester

The dozens of students who gathered in a stretch of the University of Rochester's elaborate tunnel system on a recent Sunday night wore all black, save for the blue surgical masks over their mouths. They were in battle fatigues for the latest salvo in a

It's a reasonable question to ask: What the hell were Bat McGrath and Tricia Cast doing in Nashville?

More former paperboys are coming forward, saying they were molested by their supervisor when they worked for the Democrat and Chronicle in the 1980s. They shared their stories after WXXI News' and CITY's reports last month about a lawsuit filed by Rick