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‘Fracking’ rally aims at political cash trail
Buffalo News 5/1/12 Aaron Besecker http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/buffalo/article836240.ece Advocates for a ban on hydraulic fracturing staged a demonstration Monday in downtown Buffalo targeting some local politicians and National Fuel Gas Co. while calling for campaign finance
Read More »Advocacy groups tie fracking to campaign cash
WBFO Buffalo NPR 4/30/12 Mark Leitner http://news.wbfo.org/post/advocacy-groups-tie-fracking-campaign-cash About a dozen representatives of Citizen Action, The Sierra Club, and several other public advocacy groups gathered in front of the Mahoney State Office Building in downtown
Read More »Protesters rally against corporate tax breaks on ‘Day of Action’
WNED Buffalo 4/17/12 Mark Leitner http://news.wbfo.org/post/protesters-rally-against-corporate-tax-breaks-day-action Dozens of union representatives and citizen group members gathered in front of Buffalo’s main post office at 1200 William Street today to mark the New York State Tax
Read More »Making case for public funding of political campaigns
Buffalo News 4/6/12 Aaron Besecker http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/buffalo/article798647.ece Demonstrators came to downtown Buffalo on Thursday to call for publicly funded political campaigns in New York State. Organizers said about two dozen people staged a late-morning picket
Read More »Common Cause Analysis Reveals Grisanti & Kennedy Took in over 90% & 75% of Campaign Cash from Outside Donors
readMedia 4/5/12 http://readme.readmedia.com/Common-Cause-Analysis-Reveals-Grisanti-Kennedy-Took-in-over-90-75-of-Campaign-Cash-from-Outside-Donors/3797421 As part of a statewide effort to build support for campaign finance reform, Common Cause/NY joined today with Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters and others in Binghamton. Common Cause/NY
Read More »Groups call for more change in school suspensions
School activists say they are closer to major changes in Buffalo's student suspension system to keep students learning even if suspended
Read More »Concerns over school suspension policy
Parents and community members continue to voice concerns about the Buffalo Public Schools' suspension policy
Read More »BPS may face lawsuit over suspensions
The City of Buffalo continues to wrestle with high numbers of school suspensions that could put students at greater risk on the streets.
Read More »No-shows are the face of Buffalo
Memo to superintendent search team: Welcome to Buffalo! Anyone who’s gone to critical community meetings over the years— and had little trouble finding a seat—already knows what those leading the search for a new
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