The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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Chautauqua County ethics board to meet March 10th
The Chautauqua County Ethics Board will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 4 p.m. in Rooms 331 and 333 of the Gerace Office Building, 3 N. Erie St.…
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Niagara County removes quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated persons
The Niagara County Department of Health made an announcement today regarding quarantine requirements, to reflect the updated U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and New York State (NYS) guidance. “Quarantine…
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Niagara County expecting largest vaccine shipment to date
Niagara County Public Health Director Daniel J. Stapleton today announced that Niagara County is expecting to receive 6,500 first doses of COVID-19 vaccination next week, by far the most the county has…
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Man indicted for raping two children in 2017, extradited from Florida
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 57-year-old Rafael A. Rodriguez of Jacksonville, Florida was arraigned on Friday afternoon before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan on an indictment charging…
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Man arraigned on attempted murder for shooting woman outside Quincy Street home
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 64-year-old Edward Bald of Buffalo was arraigned on Saturday morning before Buffalo City Court Judge Betty Calvo-Torres on one count of Attempted Murder…
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Defendant indicted on assault and gun charges for shooting on Wyoming Avenue
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 31-year-old Jibreel F. Williams of Buffalo was arraigned this morning before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case on an indictment charging him with…
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Arsonist sentenced for assaulting officer while incarcerated at Collins facility
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 38-year-old Joseph F. Aronica was virtually sentenced this morning by Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan to a definite sentence of one year…
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Prior felon sentenced for firing gun at Buffalo Police station house
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 24-year-old Korron J. Brown of Buffalo was virtually sentenced this afternoon before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller to a determinate sentence…
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American Rescue Plan includes massive commitments to universal child care
BY KATHARINE B. STEVENS Last Saturday, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed the massive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, now under consideration in the Senate. The so-called “COVID-19 relief package” includes multiple…
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Zombies firms could complicate the strong post-pandemic economy
BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS What sort of shape is the American economy in after a year of the pandemic? Maybe better than you might guess. Even better than many economists might have guessed.…
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Proposed wealth taxes come with a wealth of worrisome potential trade-offs
BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS President Biden’s campaign tax plan was full of tax increases, some $3 trillion worth. But a wealth tax wasn’t one of them. And, according to The New York Times, a wealth tax…
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Postal Service’s performance declined last year
BY KEVIN R. KOSAR Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hauled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy before it and spent the better part of five and a half hours denouncing him. In…
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FCC’s emergency broadband benefit attracts praise, criticism
BY DANIEL LYONS Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a report and order establishing the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB), a $3.2 billion program to help low-income families stay connected…
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Romney floats ‘child allowance’ in reform of child tax credit
BY KYLE POMERLEAU Last month, Senator Mitt Romney introduced a proposal to enact a “child allowance,” a monthly payment to households with children. His proposal would be financed in part by repealing other child…
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PETHOKOUKIS: That Senate parliamentarian did Democrats a favor
BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS More trouble ahead for President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief/stimulus bill? Last week, the Senate parliamentarian told lawmakers that the plan’s proposed increase in the federal minimum wage to…
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ORRELL: What is the CDC waiting for on workplace masking?
BY BRENT ORRELL Masks work to prevent the spread of COVID-19, something we’ve known since early last year back when masking got caught up in the culture war despite the best attempts of…
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ABRAMS: Trump did not extinguish the American dream
BY SAMUEL J. ABRAMS Despite nationwide protests, acts of sedition, utter chaos in governance, constant divisive rhetoric, a global pandemic, and many troubling policy pronouncements, the Trump administration did not destroy the…
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COVID vaccinations in the Osage Nation take universal approach
Last year, I wrote about how, during the COVID-19 epidemic, we risked repeating some of the nation’s historical injustices and abuses toward Native Americans, usually taking the form of unwarranted interference and…
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The American Rescue Plan’s likely cost is way more than $1.9 trillion
BY ALEX BRILL The Senate is poised to consider President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, an elaborate bill recently passed by the House of Representatives through the budget reconciliation process at an estimated cost of…
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Should Europe really be leading the world on tech policy?
BY SHANE TEWS As the Joe Biden digital economy team takes shape, the European Union’s (EU) proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) loom large. The proposals —…
