Apr 25
2014
Level playing field???
Posted 11 years ago
Apr 25
2014
Apr 23
2014
Investigative Post announced today an editorial partnership with City & State, an award-winning political website and magazine based in Manhattan. As part of this collaboration, Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney will write a monthly column in City & State magazine about politics and government in Western New York. City & State will also publish other Investigative Post content, including original reporting developed exclusively for C&S, as well as articles originally written for Investigative Post’s website. “Investigative Post is an ideal partner for City & State in our effort to expand our coverage of Western New York and the relationship between New[...]
Apr 4
2014
Apr 1
2014
Tom Toles was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist when he left Buffalo nearly 12 yeas ago to succeed the legendary Herblock at The Washington Post. Then a funny thing happened: He picked up the drum sticks and became a drummer in a rock ‘n’ roll band. Two of them, eventually. His one band, “Suspicious Package,” plays mostly covers. “Lethal Bark” plays all originals. He also is developing a musical comedy with a creative team based in New York City. Toles, who still has his “day job” at The Post, has played in Washington D.C., the past seven years, but never in his hometown,[...]
Mar 26
2014
Air pollution killed 7 million worldwide last year, the World Health Organization reports. Put another way: dirty air is associated with one in eight deaths. While the problem is more prevalent in rapidly developing Third World nations, we in WNY deal with the problem, as well. A story from the New York Times.
Mar 24
2014
He’s been protecting male lawmakers who sexually harass female employees for years. Now comes a report that the Assembly speaker has used his influence to thwart development that would have brought low-income residents to Silver’s neighborhood. A report from The New York Times.
Mar 22
2014
Demolition crews are in the home stretch of work to clear the northwest corner of Delaware Avenue and Chippewa Street for construction of new corporate headquarters for Delaware North. The project involves at least $10.6 million in tax breaks for the project developer, Uniland, and Delaware North, which will be the building’s primary tenant.
Mar 20
2014
A federal court judge Wednesday fined Tonawanda Coke $12.5 million and ordered it to underwrite studies that will cost the company up to an additional $12.2 million. The plant’s retired manager was sentenced to a year in prison. Some criticize the punishment as lenient. A report from The Buffalo News.