Jul 7
2012
Rather than pledging to improve what’s widely regarded as the city’s inept management of anti-poverty funds, Byron Brown vents about the agency that’s pressing for reform. A Buffalo News report following up on an Investigative Post/WGRZ story.
Jul 5
2012
Studies using crime stats show suburbs are safer than cities. But a new analysis shows that “when (auto) crashes are included in a measure of the danger of leaving home, many outer suburban and rural areas … are actually the most dangerous places to be,” reports Empire State Future.
Jun 28
2012
Esteemed magazine strikes a positive tone about economic fortunes of upstate’s two largest cities.
Jun 27
2012
An investigation by Fortune magazine, not exactly a liberal bastion, concludes the controversy surrounding the so-called Fast and Furious scandal is “replete with distortions, errors, partial truths, and even some outright lies.”
Jun 13
2012
Reports showing racial progress are skewed by factoring out the nation’s huge prison population. When you include black inmates, many indicators show there’s been little to no progress the past 20 years, the Globe & Mail reports.
Jun 13
2012
Critique of flawed U.B. sponsored hydrofracking study makes the New York Times, along with a caution that universities need to protect their reputations when sanctioning studies.
Jun 10
2012
Buffalo’s investigative reporting center is accepting applications for a senior investigative reporter and editor, an environmental reporter and a fund-raising and community outreach coordinator.
Jun 1
2012
Buffalo Pundit, a lawyer by trade, weighs in on the trial that has everyone talking, many loudly.