Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced introduction of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023. The bill, cosponsored by Higgins, prohibits the sale, transfer, manufacture, and importation of semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines. Video: ht...

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BUFFALO WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY ASSAULT CHARGE FOR RECKLESSLY DRIVING THROUGH POLICE BLOCKADE AND RUNNING OVER STATE TROOPER DURING PROTEST

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 33-year-old...

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Farewell to Bob

So, Bob McCarthy – a longtime target of my ire and occasional appreciation – is leaving the Buffalo News. I can’t say I am sad about it because I thought that he was too often little more than a willing stenographer of politicians’ petty accusations and prevarications. He relied too much on sources who were obvious (Illuzzi, Pigeon, Lorigo) if

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Performative Culture War Takes A Village

Go ahead and tell me what an American small-c conservative stands for nowadays. Better yet, tell me one concrete policy that is a Republican Party priority. You can’t. There is no idea or ideology there anymore. In the long ago, when politics was fun and made a modicum of sense, you could say that Republicans and conservatives were for a

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Higgins Seeks Answers After Sudan Releases John Granville’s Killer

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) has reached out to the U.S. State Department and House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs for information and assistance after reports indicate Abdelraouf Abuzeid, convicted of killing Buffalo native John ...

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