WBFO Business & Economy
The Business and Economy News Desk is funded by The M&T Charitable Foundation.
Our economy has seen transformative improvements in recent years. Yet even with substantial investments that are being made at Canalside, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and in other areas, some neighborhoods grapple with blight and poverty. WBFO provides comprehensive coverage of a range of issues that directly impact our listeners.
Our economy has seen transformative improvements in recent years. Yet even with substantial investments that are being made at Canalside, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and in other areas, some neighborhoods grapple with blight and poverty. WBFO provides comprehensive coverage of a range of issues that directly impact our listeners.
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The meeting will be held Wednesday between 5 to 7 p.m. at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library in downtown Buffalo.
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The New York State Department of Transportation shared plans Monday to expand the Kensington Expressway project by 600 feet to include neighboring side streets on the east side of Buffalo. The DOT plans to hold two public information meetings on Tuesday about the project.
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For every dollar a man earns in Erie County, a woman earns 84 cents.
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The Tesla employees were terminated from their positions at the South Buffalo factory Wednesday "in retaliation for union activity," a complaint alleges.
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Insufficient infrastructure, high development costs and a lack of environmental impact data among the reasons the project was hard to justify in the short term, a state report said.
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Chatter began on social media that the store would be closed permanently leaving the area with one less grocery store, but a source said employees haven’t heard from the CEO if the store will be shut down for good.
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Workers United has won an election for union representation at both the Elmwood Avenue and Hertel Avenue locations of the Lexington Food Co-op.
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The 1791 Society made $11,864 in donations to political campaigns in 2022.
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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.
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Erie County bought 12,500 Austin Air filters for every classroom in the county and they have been made and delivered.