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Sexual harassment and abuse are the focus of two bills in the state legislature, one taking aim at loopholes for personal staff of government officials. The days are numbered for the Tonawanda Coke towers, and there's a new path for the potential demise of the Skyway using federal infrastructure funding. The public has a new way to access Niagara Falls State Park and ECC tuition remains flat for next year. We take a look at the impact of protests of George Floyd's killing one year later, and Theater Talk hosts a very special guest.

Today’s WBFO Brief features two sports stories - but looks at issues and not just wins and losses. Hear about a push to have hockey travel teams and others who are vaccinated get approval to pass back and forth across the Canadian/US Border. And learn that yes, there is such a thing as the Buffalo Blue Jays — at least on T-shirts spotted around Sahlen’s Field downtown. Also, Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt looks at opposition to some of the bail, parole, and other criminal justice reforms percolating in the NYS Legislature.

Today on the WBFO Brief, there’s word that Tesla has not met state job creation goals. And Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt looks at the push to remove restrictions that keep police officers from being personally sued in brutality and misconduct cases.Also, the Allegany County Industrial Development Agency is not ready to let plans for a massive cheese plant go, even though developers are apparently moving away from imminent domain and the chosen site. And Chestnut Ridge Park gets some help on projects that Erie County can’t fund.

On today's Memorial Day edition of the WBFO Brief- hear from a Vietnam veteran whose brother is one of the first buried at WNY's new National Cemetery in Corfu, NY. Also learn about the role of local patients in the testing and distribution of a new injectable HIV therapy, and if it's Monday, we feature an American Portrait moment- today with an Italian-American helping more recent immigrants make Buffalo home.

If it’s Friday, today’s WBFO Brief includes the latest edition of Theater Talk. Today, Anthony Chase and Peter Hall look at an interesting concept at the Alleyway Theater -- small audience groups will watch from seats on the sidewalk, listen through headphones as the actors perform behind storefront glass, then stroll to the next window to peek in on another story.Also hear how Governor Cuomo responds to a widening investigation of nursing home deaths and his tax returns that include details of his book deal. We also hear what music the CEO of Crisis Services uses to help with her mental health.And on today's episode, the Erie County legislature is moving ahead to allow youth hunting, the Erie County Fair unveils procedures for re-opening, and Ontario has a plan to allow outdoor events to proceed as the first step in re-opening the economy there.

Today’s WBFO Brief podcast includes a look at the cleanup of the former Bethlehem Steel site where some of the waste would remain entombed, with a restriction that housing never be placed there. Also, a press to have certain criminal records expunged, and a look at new restrictions in the Adirondack Park in trying to balance safety and access.

In today’s WBFO Brief, hear from Buffalo’s only openly gay city councilman on the start of Pride Month, and Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt’s look at what the NYS Legislature still has to tackle in the remaining part of this year’s session.Also this morning, The Toronto Blue Jays play today in front of a crowd of WNY spectators- in the first Major League game with a local audience in over 150 years. And hear about the end of restaurant curfews and UB’s role in working on long-COVID and the symptoms that linger long after infection.

Buffalo’s newest firehouse will feature stained art glass depictions of fire. In today’s WBFO Brief, hear from the artist designing it. In education, learn about SUNY’s 4-year tuition-free offer being put forth as a vaccine incentive, and hear new numbers from Investigative Post that show only one-third of Buffalo’s school kids are attending school often. Also today, the Erie County District Attorney sounds off on proposed reforms in Albany that could cap prison sentences after a person reaches a certain age- saying it could lead to the release of “Son of Sam” serial killer David Berkowitz, or Buffalo’s Altemio Sanchez known as “The Bike Path Rapist”.

On Today’s WBFO Brief, 'Trust your gut': Younger women with breast cancer are urged to advocate for themselves. Also in COVID-world--- the back and forth in Albany over whether masks should be worn by students, an anti-mask rally outside the Walden Galleria, and the possibility of almost all restrictions (masks, social distancing, etc.) being removed once NY’s vaccination rate reaches 70 percent. The BTF has endorsed India Walton for Buffalo's Mayor race and there are new ideas about how federal infrastructure funding might send money to remove the Kensington Expressway instead of taking down the Skyway.

Listen to today’s WBFO Brief to hear the chant “Clean Slate can’t wait” as backers of a NYS bill that would erase some criminal records after a prison term celebrate a deal that could lead to its passage. Also, hear Karen DeWitt’s report on an openly gay nominee to the state’s highest court. And a statewide effort to look at Native American burial sites at former Indian boarding schools that were made mandatory in the late 1800s.