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April 8, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to change election procedures so candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run together in the primary rather than separately.
Western NY Observer
April 8, 2025
Acting Buffalo Mayor Christopher Scanlon on Tuesday released his proposed 2025-2026 city budget. He says his $622 million spending plan works to address what he calls a $70 million shortfall, proposing an 8% property tax levy increase.
Western NY Observer
March 21, 2025
Staff and inmates hospitalized after chemical exposures at New York Correctional Facilities
Western NY Observer
March 15, 2025
Langworthy bill takes aim at wind turbines on the Great Lakes
Western NY Observer
March 7, 2025
Matt Walsh Show on the Correction Officers Strike
Western NY Observer
March 6, 2025
Correction officers resign as frustration with NYSCOPBA boils over amid independent deal talk
Western NY Observer
February 25, 2025
New York launches new recruitment campaign for federal workers
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February 24, 2025
Town of Tonawanda Board unanimously votes to take legal action against police union
Western NY Observer
February 22, 2025
A request by Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz to reappoint one of his department heads seven months early exposed some raw political rifts between him and Republican county legislators.,
Western NY Observer
February 20, 2025
Some correction officers in New York went on strike Monday, but events that led to them to walk off the job may have started long before
Western NY Observer
February 19, 2025
A $1.5 million grant has been secured to restore the greenhouse at Buffalo’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Senator Sean Ryan announced Tuesday.
Western NY Observer
February 17, 2025
In the wake of Trump’s unprecedented actions since his Jan. 20 inauguration, The News reached out to Republican Reps. Nick Langworthy and Claudia Tenney and Democratic Rep. Tim Kennedy and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to get their views.
Western NY Observer
February 13, 2025
U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy’s district office in Clarence was evacuated on Thursday after a suspicious package was found at the location, the Republican congressman said.
Western NY Observer
February 12, 2025
$190 wings. $98 brownies. $590 for drinks. In one Bills suite, NYS often pays the bill
Western NY Observer
February 8, 2025
Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow Gov. Hochul to delay special elections in New York, and therefore the anticipated race to replace Rep. Elise Stefanik in the 21st Congressional District if she is confirmed as UN ambassador.
Western NY Observer
February 7, 2025
The North Tonawanda Police chief’s decision in 2022 to not investigate a complaint about a Facebook post aimed at a city engineer is strikingly different from how he handled a similar complaint by the mayor.
Western NY Observer
February 6, 2025
For Lewiston Police Chief Frank Previte, the recent tariff threat by President Donald Trump wouldn’t have had an effect on his department, but the border support that has resulted from them, according to him, most certainly will.
Western NY Observer
February 3, 2025
New poll shows public support for Hochul budget, but not Hochul
Western NY Observer
February 3, 2025
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana
Western NY Observer
February 3, 2025
NY attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order to “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”“end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”
Western NY Observer
February 2, 2025
New York State homeless population doubles in one year. The large increase was mainly focused in the New York City region, which saw an influx of asylum seekers.
Western NY Observer
February 1, 2025
New York earns worst-ever ranking on U-Haul’s annual migration report
Western NY Observer
February 1, 2025
New York earns worst-ever ranking on U-Haul’s annual migration report
Western NY Observer
January 26, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul finds herself in a curious position as the top Democrat in New York who must work with the Trump administration on behalf of New Yorkers, but also hold a hard line on issues like birthright citizenship and congestion pricing.
Western NY Observer
January 26, 2025
Term limit opposition brings Poloncarz and Republicans together
Western NY Observer
January 26, 2025
A Capitol rioter from Amherst thanked Trump for his prison release, but Jan. 6 pardons have come with pushback from judges dismissing charges for other defendants.
Western NY Observer
January 23, 2025
What Buffalo mayoral candidates think about the Kensington Expressway project
Western NY Observer
December 23, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed the latest version of a bill to expand the state’s wrongful death statute, the third time she has rejected the piece of legislation.
Western NY Observer
December 11, 2024
Hochul teased new and detailed policies around immigration and enforcement, saying the public, law enforcement and Washington need to know where she stands.
Western NY Observer
December 10, 2024
A onetime aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has voluntarily dismissed a federal lawsuit she had filed against him and several of his aides two years ago alleging he sexually harassed her and then smeared her reputation.
Western NY Observer
December 9, 2024
$300-$500 refund payments for New Yorkers? Governor Kathy Hochul announces new proposal for 2025 sending $3 billion to 8.6 million New Yorkers
Western NY Observer
December 6, 2024
Hochul will deliver 2025 State of the State address on Jan. 14 in Albany as she sets course for another run for governor in 2026.
Western NY Observer
December 1, 2024
While the region’s 19 state legislators spent campaign money on expected costs such as mailings, office rent and fundraising activities, they also spent donor’s money on expenses most New Yorkers pay from their own pockets.
Western NY Observer
November 25, 2024
New York launches NYX Initiative to improve public services. NYX would build trust in a more user-friendly political establishment.
Western NY Observer
November 23, 2024
ICE Buffalo official takes shot at NY Gov Hochul after arrest of wanted illegal immigrant
Western NY Observer
November 12, 2024
A Buffalo mother’s plea for help to keep children and teens out of trouble
Western NY Observer
November 11, 2024
Kamala Harris may have won New York, but the state was much redder this cycle than it was four years ago.With the exception of Erie County, Western New York swung for Trump. Again.
Western NY Observer
November 9, 2024
Trump’s chief of staff pick has ties to former New York congressman Jack Kemp back in the 70s
Western NY Observer
November 8, 2024
Trump’s election could increase likelihood Buffalo Tops mass supermarket shooter Payton Gendron is executed
Western NY Observer
November 7, 2024
New York Democrats lose supermajority status in the state Senate
Western NY Observer
November 7, 2024
Kamala Harris won New York. But in doing so, she won 1 million fewer votes than past Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.The takeaway? New York remains solidly blue, but it grew redder on Tuesday.
Western NY Observer
November 7, 2024
Election results: A rare incumbent loss, lots of no-contest coronations
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
New York Governor Kathy Hochul calls people who vote for Republicans “Anti-American”
Western NY Observer
November 2, 2024
Cuomo helped draft nursing home report, House committee says, telling the Justice Department that it should consider prosecuting him for not telling the truth about his role in crafting a state COVID report.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Supreme Court refuses to order New York to include RFK Jr. on the presidential ballot
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