It's breath-holding time. Major media are reporting that Democrats plan to vote on a health-care bill next week.
The Times report says that House Democrats plan to pass the bill already passed by the Senate. That way the Senate wouldn't...

Not all of the media reports about Eric Massa deal with sleazy behavior. A Politico story today focuses on an enlightening part of Massa's stint on the Glenn Beck show: his discussion about trying to raise money for election campaigns. The...

At last, a piece of good news out of Albany.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is recusing himself from the investigations of Governor David Paterson, turning the job over to the highly respected Judith Kaye, the state's former chief judge.
It's a...

City officials have negotiated a $13.7 million deal to sell the Hemlock and Canadice Lakes watershed lands to the state. All that's left is for City Council to approve the authorizing legislation.
Mayor Bob Duffy announced the agreement earlier...

The drop in graduation rates may have helped Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard convince Rochester School Board members last night to accept his recommendations for one of the largest school overhauls in the district's history.
In a presentation...

This should be interesting.
Republicans in the House of Representatives have agreed to ban earmark requests, one-upping House Democrats, who had promised to ban them for for-profit companies.
It's a good show. Now we'll see what their...

Maybe it'll all work out. Maybe Scott Congel will get his financing, and he'll build that grand new development on top of the ruins of Medley Centre and Irondequoit Mall.
But the bad news keeps trickling out.
This morning's D&C reports that...

Another conservative with a record of voting against LGBT rights comes out.
California State Senator Roy Ashburn told a Bakersfield radio station this week that he is gay. But he only made the announcement days after he had been arrested for...

The news about the Rochester school district's latest graduation rate was no surprise; it had been expected for months. But that doesn't make it any more palatable.
For the 2008-2009 school year, the "on-time" graduation rate - for students who...

How do they do it?
How do Republicans manage to come up with a strong message to counter Democrats, repeat it a million times, and reshape the national conversation?
They may have done it again with health care.
In a piece for...

[4:56 p.m.] In just a few minutes Eric Massa is set to appear on Glenn Beck's Fox News program. Massa's been the subject of a growing scandal involving sexual harassment allegations filed by aides. During his radio program Sunday, he said...

He may be our little curiosity, but Eric Massa's story has quickly become high entertainment in the media. And I admit it: I can't stop reading the stuff.
He's been dominating the news on Politico. He's in the Times. The Washington Post. The...

City Corporation Counsel Tom Richards says that Marina Auto Stadium, formerly PaeTec Park, will require an ongoing operating subsidy. The stadium got a $420,000 subsidy last year, but that was supposed to be a one-time thing. And of course, we...

Like many liberals, I've been impressed with Eric Massa. I was glad voters in his district sent him to Congress two years ago.
And I realize it would be hard for a shrinking violet to be elected to anything.
But this has gotten too weird for my...

Eric Massa was the focus of the first half-hour Glenn Beck's show this morning, which offered a prelude to the former Congress member's appearance later today on Beck's Fox News show.
Massa's allegations against Democratic leaders led Beck to...

Eric Massa's going on Glenn Beck's Fox News show tomorrow at 5 p.m.
This comes on the heels of Massa's radio appearance yesterday on Hornell's WKPQ, where he's hosted a weekly radio program since he took office. During yesterday's show, he...

It's come down to the wire for the Democrats to get a health care bill passed.
Democrats are saying they will have a bill in front of the president before Easter, and Obama is pushing his party to come together soon. Their only option at this...

The Center for Governmental Research and a local opinion-research firm, Metrix Matrix, are polling a sample of Rochester residents this week on mayoral control. A previous poll, commissioned by a coalition of mayoral-control opponents, surveyed...

Given the amount of really bad news he's being hit with, Governor David Paterson must have taken comfort in The Daily Beast's piece Friday morning.
Reihan Salam's "What Paterson Got Right" reminds us that there's plenty worth praising about our...

The 29th Congressional District is going to stay in the headlines for a while, thanks to the looming possibility of a special election to replace Eric Massa, who's giving up his seat on Monday.
The race's outcome will be seen as a bellwether,...