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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-US economic summit today (Friday, February 7th, 2025) in Toronto. The meeting comes on the heels of President Donald Trump pausing threatened tariffs for a month.
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For local organizations, losing out on promised American Rescue Plan funds from the City of Buffalo was a case of what could have been. The scramble to meet the federal Dec. 31st deadline revealed a handful of community projects that could not be obligated in time, with cash going to the city’s revenue replacement. WBFO takes a deeper look at Buffalo’s ARP fumbles through the eyes of those impacted.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg were directly mentioned in one of the attorney general’s orders, which called for a newly formed “Weaponization Working Group” to examine “federal cooperation with the weaponization” by James and Bragg, “their respective staffs, and other New York officials to target President Trump, his family, and his businesses.”
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InvEnergy LLC, a Chicago-based, privately held energy company, is eying more than 10,000 acres across Wyoming, Allegany, and Cattaraugus counties that will serve as development sites for 83 wind turbines. Also, InvEnergy - through its Alle-Catt Wind Energy affiliate - will be investing $1.2 billion in the project.
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While other states have similarly implemented public finance funds to incentivize small donors, the Brennan Center for Justice called New York’s Public Campaign Finance Program “the strongest legislative response” to reducing outsized megadonor influence since the Supreme Court overturned campaign finance precedent in Citizens United.
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Jamestown's Great Lakes Flight Center has now recognized for its high training standards as a Distinguished Flight School by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
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The common council recommitted to pre-existing city policies created to protect undocumented immigrants, transgender people, and people seeking abortion care.
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Amazon has denied there was any link between the closure of seven Quebec warehouses last month and the unionization of 250 employees at a facility in the city of Laval. They said it wanted to return to a third-party model, supported by small local businesses. Amazon said about two thousand people would be affected by the decision.
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The vacancy rate in the office market has risen for the third year in a row. Industrial/warehouse space is in short supply.Retail, exclusive of malls, is kind of holding its own, kind of.A trio of CBRE specialists: Lida Eberz, Mike Clark, and Sarah Cashmere-Warren offered their insight:
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Julie Whalen has an interesting way of describing the current office vacancy market both nationally and locally. Whalen calls it a festering case of “dodgeball’.
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An estimated 80 people spent most of the February 5th afternoon circling Niagara Square protesting President Trump and his policies and political stances.
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New York’s U.S. Senators continue to criticize the Trump administration's potential budget cuts. The two Democrats each spoke to reporters Wednesday about two different impacts cuts could have on New Yorkers.