Five Erie County lawmakers now are willing to downsize their Legislature. The three Republican members called a news conference Friday to say they back a recent suggestion to drop the Legislature from 15 lawmakers to nine, since it conforms with a proposal they made last year.
It was "Fun With Numbers Day" on Wednesday for the candidates vying to succeed Thomas M. Reynolds in Congress, as some spun campaign treasury reports to underscore their financial strength heading into the primary and general elections.
On the day after campaign finance reports were due in Washingt...
Dennis A. Delano, one of the Buffalo Police Department’s best-known officers, acknowledges he knows little about the ways of Albany.
But as he officially announced his Republican candidacy for the State Senate on Tuesday in the lobby of Statler Towers, the veteran Cold Case Squad detective said 30...
Christopher J. Lee not only officially announced his Republican congressional candidacy Wednesday, but also latched on to an increasingly popular campaign theme around these parts.
“I am not a career politician,” he told about 50 supporters outside Amherst Town Hall. “I am a local businessman with...
Michael H. Ranzenhofer’s declaration Thursday that he is a candidate for the State Senate drew an army of local Republicans supporting him and the GOP struggle to maintain its last bastion of power in Albany.
County Executive Chris Collins, retiring State Sen. Mary Lou Rath and James P. Domagalski...
Erie County Executive Chris Collins continues to be a man of his campaign word, this time by creating a fund for local charities that is financed with his own county salary and that of his second in command, Mark Davis.
It's easy to compliment both. Collins will take only $1 per month from th...