The Erie County IDA will be voting on a development project that could decide the future of a decaying downtown industrial facility. Jim Fink of Business First believes the project is important because of its visibility.
The scandal enveloping Brooklyn State Assemblyman Vito Lopez could have wider implications. Lopez is resigning from the Assembly Monday in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal. But as WBFO's Mark Scott reports, there are growing calls for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down.
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts made an appearance in Western New York Friday. The Buffalo native spoke at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the state's campaign finance system needs to be completely replaced, including ending pensions for state officials who are convicted for corruption.
Theater Talk's Jim Santella and Anthony Chase preview the Ujima Company's production of Breath, Boom, opening Friday. The curtain also rises on BUA's The Normal Heart.
Chief Justice John Roberts was born in Buffalo in 1955. He returns to his Western New York roots Friday with a visit to the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown.
After more than a year of delays, a new high-tech splash pad will be ready to open for the summer season at Martin Luther King Park on Buffalo's East Side.
The head of the State Senate's Transportation Committee was in Buffalo Wednesday to hear what some community leaders envision for the "Future of the Skyway."
The Legislative Ethics Commission released a report on the sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez. It finds Lopez violated the public officers law and engaged in “willful and prolonged mistreatment” of his female staff.
Credit University at Buffalo / From left to right in this picture are: Dapeng Cao, Nicolette McGeorge, Theresa Guarrera, Yuan Zhou, David LaVergne, Sabrina Casucci, Judith Tiferes Wang, and Dr. Li Lin.
A new mobile app is expected to help improve the quality of patient care across the nation. A team of University at Buffalo students created it to help reduce hospital readmission rates.
Three candidates are vying for the office of Mayor of Buffalo, two Democrats and one Republican. But it appears one of the candidates may have been offered a job if he agreed to not run.
A little-known corner of Erie County's vast parks system is getting some worldwide attention after the busiest English-language website in the world ran a long story about the eternal flame in Chestnut Ridge Park. WBFO'S Mike Desmond brings us the story.
Federal accident investigators are recommending states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half. New York State already has the lowest standard in the nation.