Politics & Government

Wojtaszek retreats from OTB board

Former CEO has dropped his bid to join the OTB board after a change in state law blocked his appointment, allowing Byron...

The NY State Business Council and the Working Families Party

There are certain things you come to expect if you pay any attention to politics in New York State.  The State Business Council first...

Courage (sort of) and cowardice (definitely)

Note: This column typically includes the What I’m Reading portion of my Sunday email newsletter. This week I’m including the entire newsletter text. If...

Farm worker advocate Dolores Bustamante freed from ICE

Miriam DeBadts, daughter of detained farm labor activist Dolores Bustamante, speaks outside Rochester’s federal courthouse Tuesday. Photo: J. Dale Shoemaker. A federal judge on Wednesday...

Governor Hochul Holds a Roundtable on Phone-Free Schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgSY0u-6VJU I fought to make New York schools phone-free because our kids succeed when they’re learning and growing, not clicking and scrolling. The...
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Belgian airline needles Spain ahead of World Cup quarterfinal

"We think the joke speaks for itself," said Belgium's flag carrier.

Fine-Tuning the ICE Murder Machine

As I noted yesterday, after the killings of Good and Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, ICE/DHS shifted strategy, trying to...

After Dark Presents: Tickets on sale for Spite, Steel Beans, Improvement Movement, A Thousand Horses and more

After Dark Presents has tickets on sale for a series of Buffalo and Central New York shows including Spite (Town Ballroom), Steel Beans and A Thousand Horses at Rec Room.