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Death penalty is under consideration for the Buffalo mass shooter. Tim Kennedy wins the Erie County Democratic Committee endorsement for this November's election for congress. Employees at Buffalo's AKG Art Museum will vote this month on whether to form a union. $19.5 million budget gap for proposed Buffalo Police Union's contract. Sports updates from NHL, MLB, and NBA, and discussions on the playoffs outlook for the Buffalo Bills.

Today we speak with Dina Thompson, Executive Director of the Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition; and Janelle Finn, Cheektowaga-Sloan District Assistant Superintendent. Restorative justice has yielded restorative practices, and new concepts for building healthy communities – in education, this looks like daily check-ins, peer-to-peer responses, and an overall atmosphere of equity. Both Thompson and Finn discuss with Thomas O’Neil-White how restorative practices have been successfully implemented in schools and their hopes for the concept to gain widespread momentum.

The region will soon mark the one-year anniversary of the December blizzard. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz will not be running for the Congressional seat that will soon be vacated by Brian Higgins.

Local advocates seeking to remove the Kensington Expressway are citing examples in Rochester and Syracuse, communities that were able to remove highways that were considered staples of segregation. Gov. Kathy Hochul confirms that she summoned Tom Suozzi to come to Albany to meet with her before the Democratic Party agrees to nominate him to run in a special election.

Today our two guests are affiliated with the Buffalo Urban League. Darnell Haywood Jr. is president of the Young Professionals and Thomas Beauford Jr. is the President and CEO of the Buffalo Urban League. Each year, the National Urban League produces its "State of Black America," a look at trends that are impacting people of color, including the assaults on Democracy; book-banning; the erosion of voting access; and the suppression of the history of America's Black and brown people. Those subjects and more with Thomas Beauford Jr. and Darnell Haywood Jr. of the Buffalo Urban League on this episode of What's Next?.

The trial for the man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie will not happen until May at the earliest. Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced what she says are "fundamental changes to how reading is taught in New York State."

Change in the leadership of Buffalo's Common Council continues.

Scanlon was elected as the new president of Buffalo's Common Council. Governor Kathy Hochul will deliver her State of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 9.

Questions continue to be raised regarding the project to makeover the Kensington Expressway. And Theater Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase.

Local sports updates and updates on legendary football head coaches leaving their roles. The Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority meets to review the new proposed police contract. A man in Chautauqua county faces prison time after pleading guilty to a July 2022 shooting, and the 100th Annual Catholic Charities Appeal.