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A review is underway to determine why the Buffalo Public Schools graduation rate is now among the lowest in the state.

Voters in six regional school districts will be taking re-votes Tuesdays on revised school budgets.  

While the City of Niagara Falls received much of the attention when the casino revenue sharing deal was announced last week, the City of Buffalo will also benefit.

The Buffalo Public Schools District has once again experienced a drop in its graduation rate.

There’s three days left in the legislative session, and chances are dimming for a settlement on an abortion rights provision in a women’s equality act, and for reform of campaign financing and other anti-corruption measures. 

James Kopp has lost what is likely his last legal appeal to have his murder conviction overturned in the shooting death of Amherst physician Dr. Barnett Slepian in October 1998.

A brand new theater group in Buffalo has been staging an ambitious performance at the New Phoenix Theatre.  Second Generation Theatre Company, formed by a group of young women, has mounted a production of Into the Woods. 

The recent spate of legislative scandals in Albany appear to be taking a toll on Governor Cuomo. A new poll from Siena College find Cuomo's ratings among registered voters are at their lowest level since he took office.

Streetscape improvements are on the way for Buffalo's Lovejoy and Kaisertown neighborhoods.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing for major changes at the Peace Bridge Authority, but won't commit to signing a bill to take over the New York side of the bridge.

Buffalo hosted the 11th annual Business Alliance for Local Living Economies or the BALLE business conference this year. The event brought together over 600 self-described “localists” from around the continent who all share the idea that local businesses are key to solving community problems.

The 2013 legislative session in Albany is supposed to come to an end later this week, but there's no guarantee.

Summer is always great time for children to stay on track by reading and last week, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System kicked off "Dig into Reading," the Library's Summer Reading initiative geared toward school-age children and their families. Programs are planned throughout the next couple of months across the area and later this week you are asked to "Hug your Library".

Sunday's weather started out poor, but it finished well, leading to large crowds at Buffalo's annual Juneteenth Festival in Martin Luther King Park.

Buffalo's own Goo Goo Dolls are gearing up for a three month tour that begins next week on the heels of recently releasing their new album --Magnetic. 

June is the month when Gay Pride is celebrated across Western New York and the nation. In this week's Press Pass, WBFO's Mark Scott talks with Buffalo Spree Editor Elizabeth Licata about Buffalo's gay community.

This week's edition of You and the Law deals with Social Security Disability, a program to help those of working age who can no longer work. Mike Desmond spoke with attorney Harry Forrest.

A reported change to New York's casino expansion bill could lead to more gambling sites even if voters reject the effort.

A dangerous rescue from the rushing waters of Tonawanda Creek near Batavia was performed by a good samaritan on Saturday morning.

The Eastman Kodak Company is announcing another cut in its manufacturing operations.

State and local elected leaders are critical of State Department of Transportation Department plans for improving the Scajaquada Expressway.

Buffalo Police are still investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Buffalo's East side Friday afternoon.

The wrought-iron fence surrounding an Amherst cemetery has proven to be a deadly presence for area deer.

Music is Art announced its 11th annual festival earlier today.  It will be held  Saturday, September 21st.  The Goo Goo Dolls Robby Takac appeared at Delaware Park's Marcy Casino Friday morning to announce the event.

Niagara Falls State Park is going "from shabby to shining."  That's the message from Rose Harvey, the Commissioner of the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.  Harvey joined local officials Friday to re-open several sections of the park that recently underwent renovations. 

Members of the legislature’s Black and Hispanic caucus and their allies made a last minute push for a bill to decriminalize the public possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying current laws unfairly target young black and Latino men.

Some middle school students at Futures Academy conducted their own fact-finding about Buffalo's Fruit Belt.  Students created a documentary to learn the history of the neighborhood.   WBFO'S Eileen Buckley attended a screening of the film and had a chance to talk to some of the students involved.

Buffalo's first charter school is saying good-bye to its founder.  Dr. Claity  Massey is retiring.  Massey formed King Center 13-years ago at the former St. Mary of Sorrows Church on Genesee Street.

Theater critic Anthony Chase joins guest host Mark Scott in a review of "The Book of Mormon" at the Shea's Performing Arts Center.