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Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert News
(REMINDER: these listings are curated and definitely not intended...
Fact Check
Fact-checking El-Sayed, McMorrow and Stevens in Michigan Senate debate
Fact-checking Michigan Democratic Senate debate
Health
WNY Independent Living Expands Services with New Jamestown Satellite Office
Jamestown, NY — May 27, 2026 —Western New York...
Politics & Government
Courage (sort of) and cowardice (definitely)
Note: This column typically includes the What I’m Reading...
Politics & Government
Some facts, observations, and heard-on-the-streets
Time marches on. Three weeks until Election Day, 12 days until the start of early voting. Daylight savings time ends on November 5. The...
Politics & Government
Campaign financials highlight the race for Erie County Executive
It’s been more than two and half months since we have had a look at campaign financial reports for candidates running for office in...
Politics & Government
Some important political questions lacking simple answers
There have rarely been so many perplexing problems as exist today that are haunting government from the federal to the state and local levels...
Politics & Government
The Ralph Mohr Board of Elections
Over the past several months this blog has reported on the failure of the Erie County Board of Elections (BOE) to do its job...
Politics & Government
The small number of contested elections in 2023 will contribute to very low voter turnout
With an election schedule that begins in early February elections in New York State are heading into the home stretch. Election Day is less...
Politics & Government
WNY firms, governments and organizations spent $3.6 million on lobbying in 2022; Kennedy is tops among legislators who are “most frequent targets of lobbying”
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Lobbying activity makes the world go around in...
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Music
Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert News
(REMINDER: these listings are curated and definitely not intended...
Fact Check
Fact-checking El-Sayed, McMorrow and Stevens in Michigan Senate debate
Fact-checking Michigan Democratic Senate debate
Health
WNY Independent Living Expands Services with New Jamestown Satellite Office
Jamestown, NY — May 27, 2026 —Western New York...
Politics & Government
Courage (sort of) and cowardice (definitely)
Note: This column typically includes the What I’m Reading...
Fact Check
Fact-checking DeSantis: Would his plan exempt 60% of Florida homeowners from paying property taxes?
Fact-checking Ron DeSantis on his property tax plan
