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Buffalo

11:06 am, 04/11/2012

Redistricting Heads to the Courts, Schneiderman Does Stuff, and Buffalo is Liberated | Wednesday Links

10:30 am, 03/21/2012

Another Bus Comes Every Fifteen Minutes | Wednesday Links

1:44 pm, 02/27/2012

Tweets and Twits | Monday Links

Who Represents Me?

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by Gwenna D'Klein

1:47 am, 02/27/2012

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Governmental/municipal districts are decided based on official criteria like population and geography, along with unofficial criteria like race, political orientation and which important people want to stay within them. You should know yours so that you know who to call when you want a law passed or something done in your neighborhood. You gotta know what the people you’ve elected are actually DOING in office so you know whether to vote for them again. That’s how democracy works. [Read More]

Albany Ed Deal Was Just the Beginning: Now How to Test New Subjects?

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by Max Paige-Vieux

3:27 pm, 02/23/2012

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After a long impasse, New York state and the teachers’ union reached a deal two weeks ago on the evaluation of public school educators. Now comes the hard part. [Read More]

Occupy Buffalo Evicted

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by Jay Emsey

3:56 pm, 02/02/2012

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An agreement between Occupy Buffalo and the city expired yesterday, leading police to move in and dismantle the Niagara Square encampment overnight, though protesters believed they were entitled to stay another two months. [Read More]

9:14 pm, 01/27/2012

Fracking Really Is Worse Than It Sounds | Friday Links

1:30 am, 01/06/2012

Cuomo Wants To Tamp Out Bloomberg’s Trampy Food Stamp Finger-Printing | Friday Links

4:30 pm, 01/04/2012

The State of the State of the State | Wednesday Links

12:47 am, 12/30/2011

Can IHOP Cyberbully Waffle House? | Friday Links

11:29 am, 12/16/2011

Superfund Sites Not So Super Fun For New York State Businesses | Friday Links

America Looks like New York State. Occupy YOUR Town.

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by Jane Smith

1:38 pm, 11/17/2011

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While #OccupyWallSt regains its footing, there are plenty of other places to lay out your sleeping bags, yell at bankers,  and be American from Brooklyn to Utica!  In addition, check out burgeoning Facebook pages uniting the New York State and [Read More]