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New York State Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to announce the 2026 State Budget Monday evening from the Red Room at the State Capitol. You can watch live here on our website.
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We recap the Bills’ draft from over the weekend, plus a recap of the Bandits’ defensive victory over San Diego in the NLL quarterfinal; and we touch on how the Battle of Ontario isn’t over just yet. -
On today’s show, we bring you a special conversation on poetry in Buffalo. We welcome Aitina Fareed-Cooke, and Jillian Hanesworth, the Poet-Laurate and Poet-Laurate Emeritus of Buffalo.
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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez said a nationwide blackout of this scale had never happened before in Spain. He added that the underlying cause remains unclear. -
As questions swirl around the fate of the secretary of defense, former colleagues paint a troubling picture of Hegseth's Pentagon. -
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at identifying sanctuary cities, part of a broader effort to target jurisdictions that limit cooperation with ICE. -
Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR. -
Russia declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine starting May 8 for the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. Ukraine called for an immediate, 30-day truce instead.
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A recently appointed interim U.S. attorney said he wants to sue companies to make them develop content-monitoring algorithms. -
Rockland County residents grilled New York Congressman Mike Lawler on everything from rumored Medicaid cuts to deportations at a Sunday town hall. Here's how the Republican answered. -
Republican New York Congressman Mike Lawler was met with shouts, boos, and jeers from constituents at a combative town hall in Rockland County Sunday. -
New York state’s budget is more than three weeks late. But Democrats who control the legislature told reporters this week that they’re getting close to a deal with Governor Kathy Hochul. -
The changes would allow candidates to match the first $250 of donations up to $1,000, making larger sums eligible for the matching funds program.
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Across Canada today is election day. Party leaders wrapped up their campaigns last night after a short 37-day election push. Almost from the start, it was seen as a two-party race between the Liberals and the Conservatives. -
Hy, on the ‘Unsubscribe Podcast,’ detailed several cases he’s been a part of with the BPD’s Special Victims Unit, where he said employees of Buffalo Public Schools deleted evidence, were slow to report alleged cases of abuse and failed to hand over important information during investigations of sexual assault. -
With Buffalo’s projected budget crisis approaching $70 million and becoming a major talking point in this year’s mayoral election, one of the candidates — State Senator Sean Ryan — is proposing using deficit financing bonds, issued by the city’s control board, to stabilize Buffalo’s fiscal picture.
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- Theater Talk: Superb direction (and mis-direction!) at Alleyway's "ROGER ACKROYD;" quite the cast at MusicalFares WAITRESS; lots of drama at Road Less Traveled's BURN THIS
- Theater Talk: Anthony in NYC sees Charles Busch in HAY FEVER, also George Clooney in GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, with time for DEATH BECOMES HER and SMASH. Cole Escola is hilarious on Jeopardy! as Mary Todd Lincoln from Bway's OH, MARY! and in town BUA continues campy sendups with Hitchcock parody THE HUNG MAN. (See listings.)
- THEATER TALK: Last weekend for five shows: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, CHESS, DIAL M FOR MURDER, DORIAN, & NOW AND THEN. Opening tonight AGATHA CHRISTIE at Alleyway, HUNG MAN with BUA at ART, next week WAITRESS and BURN THIS. So good, so good, so good,
- Theater Talk: DORIAN at Irish Classical is fabulous; DIAL M for MURDER (RLTP at Shea's 710) is taut and stylish; in the 'burbs two musicals, CHESS and PIPPIN, offer strong voices
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