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Erie County Dems Endorse Tim Kennedy for NY26

Erie County Democrats Thursday unanimously endorsed state Senator Tim Kennedy for the 26th  Congressional District seat soon to be vacated by Congressman Brian Higgins.   Today’s...

No follow up to OTB ticket scandal

In the fall of 2021, state auditors criticized representatives of Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. for improperly helping themselves to an estimated $121,000 in...

What’s included, and missing, in Hochul agenda

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. IT WAS...

Almost fired, then promoted

A Buffalo police officer once charged with assault, tagged for termination and barred from the witness stand has been promoted to detective and is...

Electoral Hijinx of ’23 and the #NY26 Dems

Mark Poloncarz coasted to re-election by a wider margin than in his last outing. This despite all of the hatred and scorn hurled at...
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What the 2025 elections could tell us about 2026 | The Playbook Podcast

What the 2025 elections could tell us about 2026 | The Playbook Podcast

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Social Media – Keep your grocery carts rolling; Walmart is not closing to in-store shoppers Nov. 1

Walmart will close to in-store shoppers and allow only online orders and curbside pickup starting Nov. 1 because of an expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse.

Federal Prosecutors Suspended for Not Using MAGA-Approved Verbiage to Describe Jan 6

The Latest Whitewashing of Jan. 6 Since President Trump first came back to the White House, he has predictably taken...

Survey shows sharp gender gap in political harassment

Female mayors face higher rates of politically motivated violence and harassment, a new poll finds.