Josh Durso

Some stories are bigger than the headline. Rochester Regional Health's decision to pursue the closure of delivery and birthing services at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital is one of them.

Editor's Note: The following was published on” In Focus ” on June 23. You can visit that directly or subscribe by clicking here

Small communities talk a lot about what they want. They talk less about what they can actually support. That’s the hard part of the story about a longtime, hometown grocery store in the village of Wolcott closing. Everyone understands why people want a grocery store back in the village. They should want one. Losing a full grocery store in a rural community isn’t the same as losing one in a suburb with five more options within 10 minutes. In a place like Wolcott, it changes daily life.

By JOSH DURSO Last month a temporary rate hike went into effect for NYSEG and RG&E customers across Upstate New York, as the state's Public

By JOSH DURSO How many times can a company fail before we're allowed to call it what it is? Because that's where we're at with New York's utility companies.

How many times can a company fail before we’re allowed to call it what it is?

By JOSH DURSO What happens when your municipality can't afford market rate anymore?

For the last few years, we’ve heard a lot of thematic reporting about what’s happening inside schools: Teachers facing burnout and the profession losing young talent, shortages of bus drivers forcing districts into increasingly difficult choices, and educational outcomes that seem increasingly connected to the financial circumstances of individual families.

Note: This column was originally published on Substack here An interesting question came out of the map I released last week looking at school district enrollment across Upstate New York.

Note: This column was originally published over on the In Focus substack . You can read more of them here. What happens when your town can't afford market rate anymore?