May 27
2012
Matt Spina of The Buffalo News reports that most leaders in the local Conservative Party, while preaching limited government spending, have managed to land themselves a job on the public payroll.
May 24
2012
A report released last week to much press fanfare concluded hydrofracking is becoming less environmentally damaging. But the report, issued by U.B.’s Shale Resources and Society Institute, is rife with serious factual errors and its authors have close ties to the natural gas industry, according to an analysis by a public interest research group.
May 23
2012
Antoine Thompson said he wanted to avoid a “bitter race” against incumbent Tim Kennedy. Perhaps. Or did he conclude he lacked the political base to score an upset. Rgardless, Thompson has probably earned some good will within the Democratic ranks.
May 23
2012
Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., the last of the Four Amigos, has choice words for the governor, including “very conniving,” in an animated interview with Tom Precious of The Buffalo News.
May 21
2012
“For the sake of accountability, the success of future legislation, and the respect of voters who backed the governor’s calls for reform, he must shed his penchant for backroom deal-making” the paper says in an editorial.
May 18
2012
Legislation proposed by Assemblyman Sean Ryan to rein in town industrial development agencies has failed to gain traction. A report from NPR’s Innovation Trail.
May 16
2012
Virtually all districts in New York are now tapping reserves to cover operating costs in the face of property tax cap.
May 16
2012
Mother Jones charts rising inequality in a series of eye-catching charts.