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Lackawanna couple sentenced after SPCA investigation finds starving dogs

Stephen and Tara Andres of Lackawanna pleaded guilty to aggravated cruelty to animals and were sentenced Oct. 1; a lifetime order bars them from owning animals after SPCA officers found a starving dog and the body of a second dog at their home.
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Tonisha A. Green pleads guilty to menacing charges after Amherst officer-involved shooting

Erie County prosecutors say Tonisha A. Green, 27, of Amherst pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to multiple menacing charges tied to an officer-involved shooting in October 2025; sentencing is set for Dec. 3, 2026.
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Gillibrand criticizes $1.8 billion in Trump ‘vanity projects,’ cites JEC report on alternative uses

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Oct. 1 called out what her office calls $1.8 billion in President Trump’s "vanity projects," saying the money could fund school lunches, veterans’ care and other programs, citing a Joint Economic Committee report.
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Report reveals ‘dirty little secret’ of Trump’s agenda that may ‘stun most Americans’

President Donald Trump’s enormous Pentagon budget request comes with a “dirty little secret,” as Americans already pay far more for the military than its official budget suggests, writer David Vine argued in Mother Jones.“We’re already spending more—way more—than what the Pentagon reports, and most media…
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Lackawanna couple sentenced after SPCA investigation finds starving dogs

Stephen and Tara Andres of Lackawanna pleaded guilty to aggravated cruelty to animals and were sentenced Oct. 1; a lifetime order bars them from owning animals after SPCA officers found a starving dog and the body of a second dog at their home.
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Tonisha A. Green pleads guilty to menacing charges after Amherst officer-involved shooting

Erie County prosecutors say Tonisha A. Green, 27, of Amherst pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to multiple menacing charges tied to an officer-involved shooting in October 2025; sentencing is set for Dec. 3, 2026.
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Gillibrand criticizes $1.8 billion in Trump ‘vanity projects,’ cites JEC report on alternative uses

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Oct. 1 called out what her office calls $1.8 billion in President Trump’s "vanity projects," saying the money could fund school lunches, veterans’ care and other programs, citing a Joint Economic Committee report.
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National News

Report reveals ‘dirty little secret’ of Trump’s agenda that may ‘stun most Americans’

President Donald Trump’s enormous Pentagon budget request comes with a “dirty little secret,” as Americans already pay far more for the military than its official budget suggests, writer David Vine argued in Mother Jones.“We’re already spending more—way more—than what the Pentagon reports, and most media…
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Poloncarz office files 2027 budget report; property tax rate to fall to $3.01

Erie County submitted its 2027 budget revenues-and-expenses report, saying assessment growth will let the county cut the property tax rate to $3.01 while the tax levy rises to $327.1 million; the full proposed budget is due Oct. 15.
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