Politics & Government

Developer Doug Jemal, back in the news

An advertisement featuring Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen hangs on the side of the Statler Hotel. Photo by Garrett Looker. Developer Doug Jemal is in...

New York’s toothless FOI Law

Criminal justice reporter Bruce Rushton. Photo by Garrett Looker. I’ve been a reporter for a half dozen daily and alternative news organizations, including Investigative Post,...

Politics & Government

The shrinking Diocese of Buffalo; the imminent fiscal crisis in the City of Buffalo

The reduction of the Catholic Church’s physical footprint in Western New York has been carried out in various actions over many years. There were...

Politics & Government

Arena/stadium planning done right

They’re thinking big in Carolina. The hockey Hurricanes just unveiled an ambitious $1 billion plan to develop 80 acres into a mixed use campus....

Politics & Government

Jail deaths substantially higher than reported

At least 57 Erie County jail inmates have died since 2005, a much higher number than previously reported. The death rate has barely budged in...

Politics & Government

Brown is off to the races, leaving the new mayor with gaping holes in the city budget

With the type of drama that is often involved in the selection of a new pope (candidates unknown and lots of secrecy but in...

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