Steven Brill of NewsGuard discusses the perils of platforms and services that pay no heed to the accuracy of what they produce.

Four of the 10 highest-paid government employees in the region are Erie County Sheriff's officers, according to a new Empire Center report.

City of Buffalo voters will find 11 proposed revisions to the city's charter on their ballot this year. Here's what each one means.

For at least four years, Henry Wojtaszek and his fellow executives mismanaged the finances of Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. — all while the board of directors was asleep at the wheel, ...

ICE agents arrest a man on Elmwood Avenue. Photo submitted by Diane Hinman. Immigration agents have arrested and detained 44 people in raids across Western New York so far this month. At truck stops ...

The EPA spent 3 years and $7m to clean up two properties. The allegedly responsible company already dodged a wrongful death ...

Vicki Ross, right, a board member of the Western New York Peace Center, protests a Homeland Security job fair Tuesday at Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker. The City of Buffalo has ...

Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan. Photo: Joshua Thermidor. Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories based on an in-depth interview with Mayor Sean Ryan. Yesterday’s story centered on his ...

Companies and workers local to Western New York have so far done the majority of the work on the new Buffalo Bills stadium. A significant portion of the $1.2 billion in contracts has also gone to out ...

The Cheektowaga Town Board meets Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker. Cheektowaga lawmakers on Tuesday tabled a resolution that would restrict town police from collaborating with ...

Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan’s administration started dropping bombs in the last couple weeks. At a Feb. 19 press conference, the mayor let slip he would propose a 25 percent hike in the city’s property ...