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The Niagara County Redistricting Commission today released its proposed map for the county’s 15 legislative districts based on 2020 census data.  Redistricting takes place once every 10 years.  The commission also announced two public hearings for the public to comment

On Friday, 180 tribal nations and 35 Native organizations, 25 states and the District of Columbia, and Casey Family Programs and 10 child welfare and adoption organizations filed briefs to protect the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) before the United

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) congratulate Lauren J. King, a citizen of the Muscogee Nation, on her confirmation as a federal judge in the U.S. District Court of Washington, Western District.

BY TOM FITTON While Americans struggle through pandemic-induced financial hardships and a supply chain crisis, the U.S. government is dedicating millions of dollars to provide bicycles for residents of sub-Saharan Africa. It’s worth mentioning that some of the world’s largest

Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for records related to an investigation into the origins of COVID by the Bureau of Arms Control and Verification (AVC) (Judicial Watch,

BY E.J. McMAHON New York’s employment recovery slowed to a near halt in the crucial month of September, falling further behind the national growth rate in the 18th full month since the pandemic hit in March 2020, according to state and federal

BY BILL HAMMOND Despite Governor Hochul’s promises of transparency, the state Health Department continues responding to requests for pandemic data with stalling tactics that became notorious during the Cuomo administration. In one striking example, the department recently responded to the

BY PETER WARREN A new dashboard posted yesterday on the Comptroller’s website could become the lens through which New Yorkers see how tens of billions of dollars in one-shot federal funding is being spent by governments at every level in the state.    Federal pandemic-induced

BY BILL HAMMOND Buried in Governor Hochul’s emergency order on health-care staffing is a temporary bar against insurance companies challenging claims submitted by hospitals–and an influential hospital association is taking credit. Hochul signed the order on Monday to address expected staffing shortages

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 37-year-old Adriane D. Roman of Town of Tonawanda was arraigned this afternoon before Tonawanda Town Court Justice J. Mark Gruber on the following offenses: One count of Criminal Possession of a

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 46-year-old Aaron M. Naegely of Orchard Park pleaded guilty last night before Aurora Town Justice Anthony DiFillipo, IV to one count of Driving While Impaired (New York State Vehicle & Traffic

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 59-year-old Michael T. Davis of Buffalo was arraigned this morning before Buffalo City Court Judge Barbara Johnson-Lee on three counts of Robbery in the First Degree (Class “B” violent felonies) and

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 21-year-old Dajon Wells of Buffalo was arraigned yesterday afternoon before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek on an indictment charging him with the following offenses: One count of Attempted Murder

By Stan Veuger and Kyle Pomerleau Over at The Hill, our domestic policy studies colleague Howard Husock recently argued that repealing the $10,000 cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes (SALT) would reduce charitable giving. His claim, as

BY BRENT ORRELL In the context of today’s post-pandemic labor shortage and jobs reshuffling, our economy needs all hands on deck. At the end of August, the number of job openings was 10.4 million. Even if we were able to match all currently unemployed

By James Pethokoukis and Arthur Turrell Fusion energy has been the promise of physicists for decades, but is it finally arriving? As we face a warming climate and increasing energy needs, fusion power may hold the potential to deliver an

By Alan D. Viard The budget reconciliation bill recently assembled by the House Budget Committee includes a long-overdue provision (section 137704) that would allow students with drug felony convictions to claim a key education tax credit on the same basis as other

By Alan D. Viard During his successful presidential campaign last year, Joe Biden made a sweeping and misguided pledge about his tax plan: “Nobody making under 400,000 bucks would have their taxes raised, period, bingo.” The pledge’s flaws, which I have previously discussed,