"This has just been an unprecedented campaign like Buffalo has never seen before. I'm extremely proud," India Walton said Wednesday.
The race for Amherst town justice has heated up as Tuesday's primary nears, with the contestants and their allies trading allegations of confl…
A Democrat hasn't been elected sheriff since Thomas F. Higgins won a third term in 1993. Assistant Cheektowaga Police Chief Brian Gould, forme…
In Hamburg, party affiliation and incumbency were no guarantee of an endorsement this year, and the town has ended up with six primary races June 22.
Democratic candidates for Erie County sheriff agreed on this at their debate Monday: Change is needed at the Sheriff's Department.
Karen Healy-Case, who is running for Erie County sheriff, was involved in an accident in June 2001 when she was working for the Buffalo Police…
The Common Council in December formally asked for a pause in the contract that operates school-zone cameras, but Mayor Byron W. Brown said he …
Included in the chamber's version of the state budget plan is Assemblywoman Monica Wallace's proposal to boost access to youth sports and recr…
The aide, Alyssa McGrath, accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of ogling her body, remarking on her looks, and making suggestive comments to her and anot…
The state's seven-day average of Covid-19 positive test results remains steady at 3.08% Monday.
“No one in my office is allowed to endorse anyone,” District Attorney John J. Flynn told reporters. “We do not get involved in politics in thi…
A community volunteer and small-business owner who has worked in City Hall is running for Buffalo mayor.
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Cape May County government welcomed Kevin Lare as the new acting county administrator and two returning members at a re…
The freshman congresswoman also calls for the removal of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri.
As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Tr…
Josh Hawley is rebuked by the father of the modern Missouri Republican Party, but it is Danforth's party no more.
Republican Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson said Wednesday the costs of a new election for District 3 county commissioner should not …
Congresswoman Cori Bush, D-St. Louis (1st District), the first Black woman and first nurse to represent Missouri in the U.S. House; and the fi…
On Jan. 1, Joseph Vicari will take the oath of office for his 14th term in Ocean County government, and his first as a county commissioner.
Missouri’s junior senator becomes the first senator to say he’ll object to the certification.
Incumbent Republican John Risley and Democrat Caren Fitzpatrick are the official winners in the Nov. 3 at-large Atlantic County freeholder rac…
In less than two months, Sean Ryan and Tim Kennedy will have a key thing in common: They will be residents of Buffalo who are members of the r…
The U.S. and Canada largely shut their land border crossings on March 21 as Covid-19 was first spiking.
Calling him a “serial offender when it comes to botching our elections,” Atlantic County Republican Chairman Keith Davis on Wednesday called f…
While the nation waits for votes to be counted all over, Cumberland County officials are waiting for votes to be counted by the local Board of…
Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Zremski and News Political Reporter Robert McCarthy discuss Tuesday's election and when results could be availab…
Unless the election is a blowout, it will likely be a while before we are sure who won, writes Mike Connelly, The News' editor.