The Buffalo Chronicle https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Justice Department asks Washington state to set aside ballots of about 400 registrants it says are noncitizens Appeals court says 1929 census descendants belong in organizing the California Valley Miwok Tribe North Tonawanda voters to decide on an $18 million community center at the Keller Building Dunkirk is Western New York’s only city in fiscal stress, and the state can’t score 21 other local governments USDA proposes chip cards for every SNAP account, but states would cover the switch Hell’s Kitchen leads a crowded theater week downtown as Shea’s builds its next century Israelis vote in a close race that will decide whether Netanyahu keeps power Niagara County’s sewer moratoriums need a repair plan and a hard end date, not open-ended renewals A Buffalo psychiatric-campus land bill waits on Hochul as she pitches state hospital land for housing State innovation summit brings $430,000 startup competition and quantum talk to Buffalo Reason makes a case for a Jones Act economic-need waiver, and Buffalo’s lakers deserve a say in the details Lori Lococo unseats Jim Diodati to become Niagara Falls’ first woman mayor Tribal nations push back on Senate permitting deal that would rewrite Section 106 consultation Legacy Development asks the Common Council to overrule preservationists on a 150-year-old North Oak Street building Niagara Falls council holds off on delaying DeVeaux student-rental ban until Main Street housing breaks ground Halton-Pope moves to write Buffalo’s limits on ICE cooperation into city law Nietzsche’s, the Allen Street stage that launched Ani DiFranco, is up for city landmark status Joe Morelle’s House record: bipartisan election bills, median attendance and mostly party-line votes Flock cameras, crime and party-funded TV ads shape the 143rd Assembly race between Chludzinski and Taughrin Wheatfield’s 2027 budget heads to a Nov. 2 hearing with a $13.77 tax increase for a typical home East Aurora approves West End Social at 206 Main St., with a 50-decibel limit and a six-month review Cheektowaga Central Middle School PTA named a National PTA School of Excellence Trump’s $810 million rescission request tests Congress’s budget powers as the 45-day clock runs past Election Day Buffalo asked in March to lead the Scajaquada makeover. The state’s timeline still puts it behind the 33 DOE touts West Valley cleanup progress, but the study behind its biggest decision still hasn’t been released After ACV, UB alum Dan Magnuszewski is trying to build Buffalo startups on purpose Erie County picks a South Park school for a permanent Code Blue shelter and tells City Hall it doesn’t need permission A Buffalo-made battery moves into a West Side apartment building as Dunkirk pauses storage projects NFTA board asked to add nearly $1 million for Metro Rail extension traffic update ahead of 30% design Hochul’s $36 million for crime victim programs has yet to flow as providers cut staff Province House reopens to the public after nearly 12 years of restoration B.C. Conservatives win majority as Eby resigns as NDP leader after snap election Radioactive slag was documented at a Town of Niagara drive-in in 2020. Neighbors are still waiting for answers In the 142nd Assembly race, Burke runs on a trooper leave law and Dickson on West Seneca’s tax record Four Western New York providers win state money to train health workers, one more than the program promised the region Trump weighs a deal or renewed strikes on Iran as Tehran says messages are still moving A new Quaker Road lot coverage request heads to East Aurora’s zoning board as a senior housing plan moves ahead Buffalo’s school board blinked on closures. The district’s own filings show why the math won’t wait Buffalo voters should approve Proposal 8 and make City Hall prove its budget math before it spends First Nations and first ministers meet in Ottawa as chiefs press for a sovereign wealth fund and a share of major projects White House touts refinery funding and diesel relief, says New York hasn’t adopted fuel waivers FBI surge on unsolved Indian Country crimes doubles arrests, Justice Department says Erie County’s IDA has backed $143 million in projects this year, a fifth of 2025’s pace, as its board takes up a 2027 budget Backyard apartments are catching on, and Western New York’s suburbs should make room for them Who owns the land around Millrace Park? City records point to a Larkin-linked company Niagara Falls’ first North Main Street tax break: what $376,523 in incentives buys at 2109 Main Jamestown weighs $36 million in downtown requests as an EPA grant targets its industrial riverfront Elmwood Bidwell apartments start leasing, 10 months past the developer’s target Current Breaking