Business/Economy

British singer and union activist Billy Bragg sang in front of the struck Starbucks in the heart of the Elmwood Village. He was on the way to a concert in Toronto when union organizers persuaded him to stop and sing and he did.

The Democrat is taking aim at the framework for dairy pricing. Gillibrand said the current practice is inadequate, out of date, and working against producers.

Farmworkers in New York should earn overtime pay after 40 hours worked in a week, as opposed to the current 60-hour threshold, a state wage board recommended on Tuesday.

Erie County bought 12,500 Austin Air filters for every classroom in the county and they have been made and delivered.

Two University District business owners are giving back to the community that has supported them for years with a Back to School Community Day event Saturday.

New York State has begun the application process for licenses to run retail cannabis stores, nearly a year and a half after the drug became legal for adult recreational purposes.

Olcott has had a couple of weak years, partly due to COVID-19 and partly high water in Lake Ontario, which flooded the relatively small beach. This year, COVID isn't seen as a factor, lake level is routine and people want to travel, especially those with small children.

GoNetspeed is putting up the wires on those electric poles in Depew, Lancaster and Cheektowaga. It's also putting the paperwork together to put fiber lines on poles in the Lockport area. It's very high speed with fiber to the homes, potentially thousands of them.

There's $54 million state and federal dollars coming in to continue reopening Main Street to cars, mostly on the old Metro Rail pedestrian mall. Since the first section opened in 2009, it's taken $108 million and there may be more.

The county's tourism is roaring back from the depths of the pandemic, running about 5% better than the last normal tourism year in 2019. And natives are returning to work from back home and may be staying permanently.