Politics & Government

Summer fun drops student reading scores

Students board a school bus outside of Buffalo’s Waterfront Elementary. Photo by Garrett Looker. Educators call it the “summer slide.” In the spring of 2023, almost...

Some facts, observations, and heard-on-the-streets

There is an old expression that goes, “if you don’t like the weather in Buffalo just wait a few hours, it will change.” Heat...

Politics & Government

Infographic: Fatal crashes in Buffalo-Niagara

For a while, traffic fatalies were dropping – locally and nationally. Then came the pandemic. Traffic deaths went up. In some communities, including Erie...

Politics & Government

City pulls back on “amusements” fee

The Town Ballroom on Main Street. Photo by Garrett Looker. The City of Buffalo has backed off from a plan to tax music and other...

Politics & Government

Judge orders ‘House from Hell’ demolished

149 Arkansas St., slated for demolition. Photo by I’Jaz Ja’ciel. The “House from Hell” will soon be a pile of rubble. Following years of neighborhood complaints,...

Politics & Government

DOT plays gotcha on the Scajaquada Expressway

The Scajaquada Expressway isn’t a toll road. Not technically. But the state Department of Transportation has turned it into a moneymaker by surreptitiously installing speed...

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