The State Assembly is asking a judge to bar the state Division of Human Rights from holding a public hearing on a sexual discrimination complaint a woman filed against Buffalo-area Assembly Member Patrick Burke.
A 2022 report found that anglers and Burmese refugees who ate fish caught in the Great Lakes area had PFAS in their blood in levels up to six times higher than the general United States population.
Erie County Legislature Chair April Baskin is heading into her November election for state Senate with a campaign war chest more than five times the size of opponent Jack Moretti, the latest campaign filings show.
Experts on election law say it’s a false interpretation of Biden’s order that was designed to promote information about voter registration.
Endangered Species Act protection for grizzlies could end or be revised by January under a new FWS plan in response to demands by Montana, Idaho and Wyoming leaders.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said she thought the swift support shown by herself, the state Democratic Party and delegates for Vice President Kamala Harris's candidacy for president was a "really good shot in the arm."
Western New York's top Democrats fell in line on Monday behind Vice President Kamala Harris' bid for the White House, less than a day after President Biden abandoned the quest for a second term that those same Democrats had long supported.
The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate. Biden plans to serve out the remainder of his term in office.
Buffalo-area Democratic leaders reacted with a mixture of gratitude and relief after President Biden announced Sunday that he was abandoning his quest for a second term. Local Republicans, meanwhile, called on Biden to resign.
New York lawmakers offered prayers and denounced political violence after the shooting at former President Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado joined a growing list of Democrats calling on Biden to end his presidential campaign.
This is where in 1854 the Republican Party was founded with a primary platform of opposing slavery.
Weeks after the Tops Markets massacre in 2022, New York State enacted a law banning the sale of body armor to most private citizens, and that law is now under attack from gun rights advocates who call it unconstitutional.
In Erie and Niagara counties, the DEC has failed to renew 33 of the 38 issued Title V permits, or 87%, before their expiration date.
The State Assembly is asking a judge to bar the state Division of Human Rights from holding a public hearing on a sexual discrimination complaint a woman filed against Buffalo-area Assembly Member Patrick Burke.
A 2022 report found that anglers and Burmese refugees who ate fish caught in the Great Lakes area had PFAS in their blood in levels up to six times higher than the general United States population.
The district's policy change and a new Siena poll come as Gov. Kathy Hochul has been conducting a statewide listening tour on the possibility of a statewide ban on students having cellphones in public schools.
Erie County Legislature Chair April Baskin is heading into her November election for state Senate with a campaign war chest more than five times the size of opponent Jack Moretti, the latest campaign filings show.
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The uncle of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down. In a 911 call released Saturday, Armando Ramos told police that his nephew always listened to him and that if he could talk to him he might be able to get him to stop shooting. The call came in about 1 p.m. on May 24, 2022, about 10 minutes after Ramos' nephew, Salvador Ramos, was killed by authorities.
Donald Trump is putting immigration at the heart of his campaign to retake the White House. He is pushing the Republican Party towards an aggressive strategy of deporting millions of people. The plans have raised the stakes of this year’s election beyond the border security that conservatives have typically prioritized to a fundamental change in the American approach to immigration. After the southern border saw a historic number of crossings during the Biden administration, Democrats have also moved rightward on the issue, often leading with promises of border security before talking about relief for the immigrants who are already in the country.
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Anti-theft software upgrades provided for Hyundai and Kia vehicles regularly targeted by thieves has cut theft rates by more than half, according to new research from the Highway Loss Data Institute. Approximately two dozen 2011-22 Hyundai and Kia models are eligible for the software upgrade. Those vehicles that received it as of December 2023 — a total of 30% of the eligible Hyundais and 28% of the eligible Kias in HLDI’s database — had theft claim frequencies that were 53% lower than vehicles that didn’t get the upgrade, according to HLDI.
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