State & county agencies cut off funding for the Buffalo-based addiction services nonprofit Save the Michaels, amid mismanagement allegations.

Erie County is pulling funds from the addiction treatment program in light of audits that uncovered fiscal mismanagement and other problems.

It didn't take Buffalo's new mayor much time to obtain a needed bailout from Gov. Kathy Hochul. Plus, looking south to find fixes for poor academic achievement in the city and beyond.

Buffalo landlords and developers are earning millions each year renting to federal immigration agencies like ICE, CBP and Border Patrol.

Editor’s note: This weekly newsletter, formerly called Monday Morning Read, has been renamed Off the News. Lydia Polgreen, a columnist for The New York Times, penned a piece published Saturday that ...

Byron Brown created a fiscal mess and failed to get the state government to bail the city out. Chris Scanlon, as acting mayor, was unsuccessful in getting needed help. But Sean Ryan, in his second ...

The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal, more than were filed under the ...

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 ...

Western New York residents now can use their phones to report environmental concerns directly to the people in power. The Western New York Environmental Alliance has partnered with the Community ...

Billionaires saving the newspaper industry? Not. The latest case in point: The Washington Post firing some 300 journalists last week in a cost-cutting move. Every aspect of the paper’s coverage will ...

Buffalo’s lead poisoning problem – already recognized as serious – is much worse than previously reported by state and local health officials. Officials to this point have only released data that ...

Western New York is home to a number of radical-right organizations that are active on social media. Of late they’ve been posting on the inauguration of Joseph Biden as president. Before that they ...