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Buffalo’s East side celebrated another milestone toward its revitalization as Cedarland Development broke ground Wednesday at 950 Broadway.
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Mark J. Terrill/APThe Republican Party holds its second debate of the 2024 campaign tonight. Notably absent will be former President Donald Trump, who instead will travel to Michigan to talk to autoworkers. -
Ahn Young-joon/APService members would work without pay, and many civil servants are likely to be furloughed. Congress has yet to pass a separate bill to guarantee military pay as it did in previous shutdowns.
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WBFO Arts & Culture Desk
- Theater Talk: CURTAIN UP! 2023 has so many shows; something for every taste, just look at those listings! (Note: 4 shows close this weekend.)
- Theater Talk: A conversation with Roslyn Ruff, to be honored at "Plaza of the Stars" (Main at Tupper) on 9/18 at 5:30 pm.
- Collaboration Brings 'The Color Purple' to 710 Main Theatre
- Year Five for Borderland: "We've Built Something That's Really Special"
WBFO Business & Economy Desk
- Buffalo mayor, Council agree to almost $60M in funding cuts to community organizations
- Confusion surrounding approval of ARP funding for Buffalo's small businesses
- Buffalo has an affordable housing problem. A task force has been formed to help solve it
- Buffalo's Affordable Housing Task Force will hold its first public input meeting
WBFO Disabilities Desk
- Buffalo's first full-time ADA coordinator hopes to 'focus on the future'
- Do sensory hours make stores more accessible to neurodivergent people?
- Lockport author releases new young adult romance novel that challenges stereotypes
- New accessibility features added to Cobblestone Live Music & Arts Festival
WBFO Health & Wellness Desk
- 'Do what's right': ECMC nurses raise issues, demand new contract
- Trauma surgeon will address UB medical school students on gun violence and racism
- 'You made a contract. You agreed to it. Live it.': Nurses voice concerns over staffing problems at ECMC
- Kaleida Health and its unions are looking to strengthen health care, staff and finances
WBFO Mental Health Initiative
- Damar Hamlin's collapse shocked viewers and players. How to cope after witnessing trauma
- Money, mental health help on the mind of Tops shooting survivor
- Buffalo shooting left grieving neighborhood without a grocery store. Counseling and food giveaways are there to help
- The long-lasting impact of Saturday's shootings
WBFO Racial Equity Project
- A Buffalo church founded during the Civil Rights Movement is using faith to oppose racism
- What can Buffalo learn from Charleston's experiences since the attack at Mother Emanuel AME?
- Turning outrage into action: The coalition of congregations working to dismantle racism in policing
- Can hydroponic farms solve food access issues on East Side?
WBFO Older Adults News Desk
- Albany wants to take over an Orleans County nursing home, claiming owner fraud, bad care
- WNY nursing home workers get new contracts, while others threaten to go on five-day strikes
- New York home care shortage’s impact on dementia caregiving: ‘It takes so much out of you’
- ‘$13.20 doesn’t cut it’: Striking WNY nursing home workers seek $15 minimum for service positions
WBFO Women's News Desk
WBFO Education Reporting
- Dr. Tonja Williams holds second annual State of the Schools Address
- New SUNY Chancellor John King was New York's state education commissioner
- 'This isn't just happening in a few places anymore': There's efforts to ban books in WNY schools
- Black excellence in education: Fostering a sense of being among students of color in Buffalo
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still faces a bloc of conservatives who oppose any short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown. He's trying to muscle through a partisan stopgap bill with border security. -
In 1961, actor and Civil Rights activist Ossie Davis wrote the blistering play Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch. Now, Leslie Odom Jr. stars in the revival.
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Medicare and Medicaid are mandatory spending programs and that keeps them relatively safe in the early days of the shutdown, but 42% of the Department of Health's staff will be furloughed.
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President Biden's dog bit several Secret Service agents a total of 10 times between October 2022 and January 2023. On Monday, he bit another officer at the White House.
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U.S. officials thanked Sweden and China for help securing the release of the 23-year-old Army private, who went to North Korea in July.
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The decision is part of a deal that requires Israel to end bans and restrictions on Palestinian Americans and other Arab Americans traveling to Israel.
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Seven Republicans will join the second GOP debate Wednesday but the front-runner, former President Donald Trump won't be one of them. Instead, Trump will head to Michigan to court autoworkers.
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In light of last December’s blizzard that claimed 31 lives in the City of Buffalo, the Buffalo Common Council’s Civil Service Committee held a discussion Tuesday regarding the city’s emergency winter weather preparedness.
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COVID forbearance is officially over so people with student loans are going to have payments coming due in October.
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Unions across Western New York rallied together today at the UAW Local 774 Union Hall on Niagara Street, to advocate for UAW unions across the country.
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This week is Fungal Disease Awareness Week and the DOH says fungal infections that are undiagnosed and untreated can be potentially life-threatening.
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The SoBuf Biz Grant program will provide grants of up to $5,000 to eligible businesses with priority given to neighborhood-serving small businesses within the city of Buffalo's South Common Council District.
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The Department of Environmental Conservation announced that small game hunting season in the state will begin Oct. 1.
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Hispanic Heritage month begins on Sept. 15, and the Hispanic Heritage Council of Western New York celebrated with their long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the Hispanic Heritage Cultural Institute on Niagara and Hudson Street.
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Brad Arthur, owner, and pharmacist of Black Rock Pharmacy, fills out prescription paperwork on Sept. 13 at the business. Recent shortages have affected the supply of several drugs, including injectable testosterone, Adderall, and Ozempic, he said.
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