The Buffalo Chronicle https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Trump-backed $1.15 trillion defense bill and Dec. 11 funding deadline await Congress after the election Carl Montante, a UB Law alum who practiced law ‘for about a week,’ enters the WNY Business Hall of Fame Change Buffalo PAC urges governor to help put control board back in charge of city finances Inside the $11.6 million public bet on Niagara Power Transformer’s Cheektowaga expansion Trump secures release of American Stephen Hubbard as Russia agrees to talks; the first Russian diesel shipment is small against U.S. demand Langworthy holds a 37-to-1 cash edge in NY-23 as Gies outraises him again in the final stretch Want more starter homes in Western New York? Start with the minimum lot size Treasury proposes rules for the new federal limit on big investors buying single-family homes Niagara Falls bought back Main Street. Now it should publish a scorecard for every building Salvation Army opens Hope on Main shelter, first piece of a $100 million Main Street redevelopment With Templeton Landing back in city hands, Buffalo weighs a plan for the whole Erie Basin Marina North Tonawanda voters to decide on an $18 million community center at the Keller Building Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls loan goes back to a special servicer after reaching maturity Upstate Niagara’s West Seneca dairy expansion grows to $325 million, with $35 million for on-site power New York’s $225 million water-for-housing fund is open only to Pro-Housing towns. Many WNY suburbs aren’t certified yet Trump order aims to trim mortgage insurance and refinance costs as Buffalo-area prices climb Ottawa and Ontario pay Windsor, Essex County and Sudbury to slash development charges as Niagara waits Rubio invites Cubans to a ‘discrete partnership’ with the CIA as Trump says Rubio will ‘finish up the deal’ Catholic Health and Benderson seek a tax break to turn a vacant Evans Street Rite Aid into a $28.5 million medical hub Fox Valley Country Club’s owners say they have put $4 million into reviving the Lancaster course Developers are converting Main Street offices into apartments. The city-owned hostel building across from Shea’s is still empty A vacant Swan Street corner is slated for housing. Tests found lead at 50 times the residential cleanup limit A new Quaker Road lot coverage request heads to East Aurora’s zoning board as a senior housing plan moves ahead Appeals court says 1929 census descendants belong in organizing the California Valley Miwok Tribe Woodhill Capital’s president admits to mail fraud as records detail a $54 million collapse Western New York won a third of MOVE-IN NY’s starter-home money. Here is where its 96 homes stand NFTA board asked to add nearly $1 million for Metro Rail extension traffic update ahead of 30% design Hochul raises heating aid for oil users, but at WNY prices the bigger check buys a third less fuel HEAP winter heating aid opens Nov. 2 as delivered-fuel benefits rise WNY ‘No Kings’ rallies turn protest energy toward early voting Alberta votes to stay in Canada, CBC projects, after a campaign Carney cast as a stand against outside pressure Alberta votes Monday on a path to separation as Carney warns ‘some outside our borders’ want to break Canada Ottawa’s watchdog prices the trade war: a smaller economy, bigger deficits and a budget target propped up by tariffs on U.S. goods Buffalo wins a new $4 million federal lead grant; the White House budget asks Congress to shrink the national program DHS records on Batavia ICE expansion redact the bed count and describe the structure as both hard- and soft-sided Federal judge dismisses Justice Department suit over New York City sanctuary laws, rules an information-sharing law unconstitutional New York Democrats press DHS for the last $87 million in counterterror grants Trump pledged to restore; $100 million has been released Trump announces $8 billion in diesel relief for farmers; USDA sets grain payment rates first, with dairy and specialty-crop methods to follow Trump and Vance unveil Justice Department program paying fraud tipsters up to $30,000 when charges are filed Ukrainians’ TPS reaches its deadline with DHS saying a decision will come ‘at the appropriate time’ DHS letter called Batavia’s planned women’s unit ‘hard-sided’; a same-day ICE contract entry describes a $7.2 million ‘soft-sided tent facility’ Trump keeps 2027 refugee ceiling at 17,500, prioritizing Afrikaners the White House says face persecution; Buffalo resettlement stays low Justice Department warns California officials that counting ballots from 20,000 flagged noncitizens could expose them to prosecution; New York’s voter-roll case is on appeal Trump is open to a federal subway rebuild, people familiar with the discussions say; Blakeman allies tie it to the governor’s race The NFTA should tell Buffalo what the Metro Rail extension costs before it spends more planning it Every traveler flying to the U.S. must soon swear they haven’t been in Congo. Here’s how New York will watch for Ebola. New York’s senators press the Justice Department on why it stopped enforcing the under-21 handgun sales ban, citing Buffalo U.S. orders non-emergency diplomats out of Saudi Arabia as Houthi strikes widen and Buffalo diesel sits near a record Current Breaking