Politics & Government

Lawsuit: Radioactive slag at affordable housing project

A developer claims subcontractors used radioactive slag as construction fill at an affordable housing project just north of Buffalo’s medical campus. Now the developer wants...

The 2024 political schedule; public campaign financing begins

For those so inclined, hopefully you have begun or maybe you have even finished your Christmas shopping.  If not, better hurry up! On the subject...

‘A Crazy System’: How arbitration returns abusive guards to New York prisons

Dion MBD, The Marshall Project This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up...

City worker in paid leave limbo

Two years ago, a dispatcher in the city’s water department complained to his supervisors about work conditions at the pumping station on Porter Avenue. His...

Local journalism needs support

By Paul Fisk Former Buffalo News Editor Margaret Sullivan was featured in a recent Albany Times Union article on the role and decline of local...
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Judge Gives LA U.S. Attorney the Alina Habba Treatment

Essayli Ruled Ineligible In what is now the third such ruling, a federal judge disqualified Bill Essayli as acting U.S....

Black Republican Shreds Gavin Newsom Over ‘Code-Switching’ Accent: ‘White’ Liberals Are the ‘Most Racist’

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) ripped California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for "code-switching" to appear more relatable to Black men, calling it "quite disgusting"

The post Black Republican Shreds Gavin Newsom Over ‘Code-Switching’ Accent: ‘White’ Liberals Are the ‘Most Racist’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Anti-Vax Facebook Groups Ushered in Our Current MAHA Nightmare 

In 2007, Oprah Winfrey featured Jenny McCarthy, the former Playboy model turned anti-vaccine activist, on her show to talk about...