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  March 21, 2026

  Amherst banned ‘gambling’ at its senior center. Some pinochle players are not happy

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  March 20, 2026

  After years of planning, New York plans to kick off a $40 million to $45 million transformation of Buffalo’s Broadway Market this summer, turning it into a “vibrant year-round food and shopping hub.”

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  March 17, 2026

  A new court ruling has allowed a philosophy professor’s lawsuit against SUNY Fredonia to proceed, four years after administrators removed him from the classroom and barred him from campus after his controversial podcast remarks about adult-child sex.

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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.

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  February 17, 2025

  New developments in the Albert the Alligator case. This decision comes after the court found that the state made an error in denying his original application.

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  February 13, 2025

  Save This Life microchip company shut down suddenly. Pet owners should re-register their pet’s chips as soon as possible to restore information.

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  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.

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  January 23, 2025

  Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District will be offering tree and shrub seedlings for those interested.

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  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.

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  December 18, 2024

  Gov. Kathy Hochul called for an end to the Electoral College while presiding over New York casting its 28 electoral votes for president and vice president in Albany on Tuesday.

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  December 18, 2024

  The Dunkirk City Council recently voted to approve a budget containing an 84% tax hike in a special session.The approved tax hike is 24% lower than the 108% increase that was included in the original financial proposal.

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  December 11, 2024

  *UPDATE* New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said her proposed “inflation refund” checks of up to $500 to taxpayers won’t impact the state’s finances in terms of emergency funds.

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  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.

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  November 2, 2024

  NY state officials have executed Peanut the squirrel and Fred, a rescued raccoon without quarantining them so they could test for rabies. Terrified Peanut bit someone after a 5 hourslong, heavy-handed search by 10-12 DEC officers who raided the rescue owners’ home stemming from a search warrant that was signed off on by 4 departments and a judge.

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