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Public Advocate de Blasio Starts Citizen Campaign Calling On SEC To Flex Its Muscles To End Secret Corporate Spending In Elections
New York, NY – In advance of the Saturday anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has launched a campaign urging citizens to join him in demanding
Read More »VIDEO: Parents express concern about BPS student discipline
It was the fourth and final public hearing Wednesday on student discipline in the Buffalo Public Schools
Read More »City of Binghamton hopes mandate relief will ease fiscal burden
A difficult trend has plagued the City of Binghamton over the past few years: Rising costs to health care and pensions combined with little or no increase to revenue and aid
Read More »Amendment Could Prohibit Occupiers from Camping in City Parks
At a Binghamton City Council worksession Tuesday night, council members signed out legislation to amend an existing ordinance related to park use that would prohibit camping in city spaces
Read More »Tier educators applaud school aid plan
Southern Tier school officials welcomed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to boost state school aid in his proposed state budget.
Read More »New Yorkers Want a More Accountable Government
Almost all of the campaign finance stories many of us have heard about lately have to do with super-PACs, billionaire casino moguls, and a debate about whether corporations are people. New York Gov. Andrew
Read More »New Yorkers Want a More Accountable Government
Almost all of the campaign finance stories many of us have heard about lately have to do with super-PACs, billionaire casino moguls, and a debate about whether corporations are people
Read More »An Older Generation Reminds Youth of Martin Luther King’s Achievments
Folks from across the area of different races and backgrounds joined together Monday night in a "Peace March" in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The march started at the Dr. Martin Luther King,
Read More »Anger Growing over School Suspensions
BUFFALO (WNED) - There's so much interest in the thousands of student suspensions in Buffalo schools there's going to be another public hearing on the problem. An advisory board probing the district's code of conduct
Read More »Demanding new suspension policy for non-violent offenses at Buffalo Schools
Parents and community leaders are demanding that the Buffalo Board of Education approve a new school suspension policy. They gathered on the steps of Buffalo City Hall late Wednesday morning in the rain to
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