U.S. immigration agencies have expanded their footprint in Western New York, detaining arrested migrants in five locations beyond the federal detention center in Batavia. One reason for the detentions ...

Democratic primary voters interviewed by Investigative Post weren't unified behind winner Sean Ryan, but most said they ...

For a eight time Wednesday, the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency approved subsidies for a fast food restaurateur under investigation for wage theft. And just like every other subsidy the ...

Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon, who lost Tuesday's Democratic primary to state Sen. Sean Ryan, ended his campaign Friday afternoon.

Alternative weekly newspapers are “alive and well,” according to the Columbia Journalism Review. I asked Geoff Kelly, my deputy editor, to read over the story and tell me what he thinks, as he edited ...

A rent subsidy program that helps some 10,000 households in Erie County is bracing for cuts in federal assistance.  Two of three agencies that administer ...

When a charter revision commission convenes, he wants to see proposals that make city government “more amenable to the people,” rather than focused on political questions like mayoral succession and ...

In his latest Monday Morning Read column, editor Jim Heaney discusses a Buffalo News story about a lack of transparency from local police ...

Immigration authorities are seeking to deport a Venezuelan migrant with sickle cell after he was charged with shoplifting $90 in underwear.

In new court filings, the Trump administration says Jordin Melgar-Salmeron is allowed to return to the U.S., but it won't ...

Employees told Investigative Post that the current solar work takes up less than 20 percent of the plant’s sprawling 1.2 million square feet, built and equipped with $959 million in state tax dollars.

The Erie County District Attorney prosecuted 22 child pornography cases in 2019. “Disturbing is a kind word,” said John Flynn, the Erie County District Attorney. “Possession and promotion of child ...