The new law gives small, local firms preference when bidding on county contracts worth $20,000 to $35,000.

From a new police advisory panel to budget reform, Buffalo's first charter overhaul since 1999 cleared every single measure.

Nick Langworthy cruised past Aaron Gies in western New York, while the Olean professor hints he might run again.

Tina Abrams won with 1,040 votes, giving women control of all three elected executive offices for the first time.

Sean Ryan's 2027 capital plan pours over $10 million into Louisiana Street's crumbling bridge and $9 million into roof work at city buildings.

Erie County officials and 1199 SEIU warn the January 2027 work-hour rule could flood Western New York emergency rooms with newly uninsured patients.

Four Republican legislators want pump relief by December 1, but Poloncarz's office says past caps lined retailers' pockets instead.

A 9-4 vote lets Niagara County challenge a state law blocking voter data from federal agents probing eight suspected noncitizen voters.

Regulators say Suit-Kote and Colas were often the only two bidders on road jobs across nine Western New York counties.

A Hamburg councilmember says residents fear overdevelopment — and he'd rather see data centers banned outright.

A judge ordered three candidates stripped from Bennington's ballot, and new absentee ballots are headed back out before Election Day.

PS 59, PS 131 and PS 366 would shut for good as Buffalo tries to close a $78.8 million budget gap.

A tipster will collect $150,000 for exposing Welded Tube USA's pandemic loan misstep in Lackawanna.