Politics & Government

County and town offices switching to even-numbered year elections; Go Bisons!

For those who pay at least a glancing attention to politics, you may know the rhythm of the four-year election cycle built around the...

Buff State has rock bottom graduation rates

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The Buffalo Diocese is So Close to Getting It

What an interesting pair of headlines in Tuesday’s Buffalo News. Diocese cancels concert that includes gay chorus, cites values ‘inconsistent with Catholic teaching’ The Buffalo Diocese,...

Buffalo’s fiscal reckoning

Buffalo City Hall. Buffalo’s Common Council took some of the sting out of the mayor’s proposed property tax hike last week, at least for residential...

The Buffalo Council approves a budget. A new state judicial district in Erie County?  Public campaign funding starts to flow.

The Buffalo Common Council last week approved a 2024-2025 budget and four-year financial plan for the city that generally follows the proposals of Mayor...

Harris Beach, Hodgson Russ profiting off IDAs

A meeting of the Erie County IDA board of directors. Photo by Garrett Looker. When New York’s industrial development agencies grant tax breaks, it’s not...
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Rahm Emanuel calls for mandatory retirement age for public officials — including him

The potential 2028 White House hopeful called for a mandatory retirement age of 75 for government officials, which would keep him from serving a second presidential term if elected.

How ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the ‘Friends of Trump’

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Days into President...