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State Assemblyman Patrick Burke of Buffalo is proposing a change in the system for donating organs in New York. Saturday afternoon, Burke released a news…

Democrats have nominated Cheektowaga Town Councilman Timothy Meyers to succeed Patrick Burke in the Erie County Legislature’s 7th District. Burke was…

While some races have been at the center of attention--the 27th Congressional district, the race for Governor--the battle for control of the state Senate…

The Erie County Legislature voted 10-1 Thursday to appoint former Amherst Town Attorney E. Thomas Jones to the Erie County Water Authority board. Jones, a…

A Buffalo teacher is going to Albany as a new member of the New York State Assembly. Erik Bohen beat Erie County Legislator Pat Burke for the seat vacated…

Erie County legislators Thursday banned a controversial technique called gay conversion therapy. The widely discredited program claims it can "cure" a gay…

No one showed up for an Erie County Legislature public hearing Thursday night to support conversion therapy. The county is considering a proposal to ban…

There is a standard complaint among politicians, that Erie County government does not spend enough money maintaining and nurturing its infrastructure.…

The Erie County Legislature meets Thursday afternoon to take an override vote on the proposed Made in America Act and take up a new measure the act's lone…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo should veto a bill passed by the New York State Legislature that blocks local governments from billing pharmaceutical companies to…