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The Buffalo Chronicle
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Higgins announces federal funding for Fire Department protective equipment
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced federal funding to the Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department and the Swormville Fire Company to help these first responders protect communities from COVID-19; The Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department…
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Higgins demands that BMHA turns on water at housing projects
Management has locked outdoor spigots, ordered no access to water for plants or kiddie pools Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) is calling for immediate review and reconsideration of a decision to block residents…
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Gillibrand calls for $32B in transit funding in next COVID-19 stimulus package
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined 24 colleagues in urging Senate leadership to provide an additional $32 billion in emergency supplemental funding for public…
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Schumer announces $4.4 million in federal funding for Southern Tier airports
Funding will be used for operations improvements U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $4,494,165 in Federal…
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DOJ reveals effort to ‘evolve’ explanation of Benghazi terrorist attack
Emails Document Senior Obama White House-Clinton State Dept. Officials Joke About Being Called ‘Liars’ About Benghazi (WASHINGTON, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released 80…
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ACLU challenges city order suppressing Confederate monument protests
North Carolina City Ordinance, one of the most speech-restrictive in the country, effectively bans any protest RALEIGH — The American Civil Liberties Union together with a coalition of civil rights groups today…
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Montana Court blocks law that restricts voting rights of Native Americans
MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana court has blocked a state law that severely restricts the right to vote for Native Americans. The American Civil Liberties Union and Native American Rights Fund successfully…
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Tribes applaud Gorsuch opinion in landmark Court ruling
Tribal governments, indigenous communities, and national Indian organizations are applauding yesterday’s landmark decision in McGirt vs Oklahoma, a Supreme Court case that treaty-defined boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation still remain in…
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Six Nations billionaire invites MacKay, O’Toole to Grand River to discuss CPC’s relationship with indigenous people
Ken Hill, the billionaire entrepreneur and tobacco mogul from the Six Nations Reserve in Southern Ontario, has extended an open invitation to Conservative Party Leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole to…
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Some Senecas want gaming headquarters transformed into a Museum of Contemporary Indigenous Art
Some members of the Seneca Nation of Indians — including two influential elected officials — are calling on the Tribal Council to transform an underutilized six-story building in downtown Niagara Falls into…
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Niagara Falls doesn’t have the critical mass to become a successful year-round destination
The city’s lack of public assembly facilities, cultural attractions, and weather-protected family destinations (such as indoor waterparks, museums, and other amenities) has been preventing its emergence as a year-round destination. Every year,…
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Cuomo must deal fairly with the Seneca Nation for Niagara Falls to thrive
Everyone in the business community agrees: Governor Andrew Cuomo must begin to deal fairly with the Seneca Nation of Indians in order for Niagara Falls to thrive as a global destination. For too long,…
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Bob Rich urged to launch a new Buffalo-based ‘brand-building unit’
Billionaire Bob Rich, the owner of the privately held Rich Products Corporation is being urged to launch a new Buffalo-based marketing unit focused on ‘brand-building’ across the multi-national firm’s product channels. Many…
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Pridgen passes three resolutions — including Cariol’s Law — forcing Brown to take action against police brutality
Just days after Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown retreated on previous calls for the termination of two police officers who shoved Martin Gugino to the ground and broader calls for police reform, Council…
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Bellegarde calls for an independent review of the police shooting of Chantel Moore
OTTAWA, ON –National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) today demanded a full investigation into Thursday’s police-involved shooting of a young First Nations mother in Edmundston, N.B. News…
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ACLU backs ‘Justice in Policing Act of 2020’
WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats introduced today a sweeping new police reform bill that would allow the use of force only as a last resort, ban chokeholds, prohibit racial and religious…
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Tribes encouraged by recent Supreme Court decision in Mashpee v Bernhardt
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and Native Organizations Encouraged by Recent Decision in Mashpee v. Bernhardt and Now Call on DOI for Recommitment to Tribal Sovereignty Late last week, the United States District Court for…
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Gavin Newsom attempts to mail millions of ballots — contrary to California law
WASHINGTON, DC – Judicial Watch announced today that it has opposed a motion by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and California Democratic Party’s to help defend Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order mandating that millions…
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Urban design advocates want much more expansive development at Queen City Landing
In March, developer Gerald Bucheit killed a South Harbor development project called Queen City Landing, which has been long delayed by preservationists’ lawsuits claiming that the 23-story residential tower would interfere with ‘migratory…
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Police officers begin calling for Mayor Brown’s resignation
Police officers from across the City of Buffalo have been calling for Mayor Byron Brown‘s resignation in a sweeping change of attitude toward the Mayor in the law enforcement community, following his…
