You see them every day in villages, cities, and towns across the state. Politicians plaster their name on public assets, like parks, public pools, and plows.

Food trucks officially have the green light to set up shop around Buffalo.

State lawmakers in Albany are talking taxes Monday, at a hearing on Governor Cuomo's budget proposal.

Occupy Albany protesters have disrupted a legislative budget hearing with calls for tax fairness and claims that Wall Street pays too little.

There's a special election for New York State Assembly next month and a man running for that vacant seat opened his campaign headquarters Saturday.

What was Occupy Buffalo? For over four months, the encampment stood in Niagara Square. The protesters called it a symbol of society's ills; an "in-your-face"

The fate of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station no longer appears to be up in the air. But while the base has been spared so far, the 107th is getting its

Many western New York Catholics are taking a stand against the President's mandatory health care reform law. The Diocese says it violates church beliefs. But

New York's Senior Senator wants to give police more help to battle domestic violence.

A statewide coalition of taxpayers is throwing its support behind Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed pension reform plan.

It's unclear if a midnight deadline will be enforced for Occupy Buffalo protesters in Niagara Square. But regardless, the group will soon need to find a new

Taking on the state's traditionally powerful teachers unions, Gov. Cuomo threatened to impose tougher job evaluations Feb. 16 if the unions continue to, as he

A new federal law concerning birth control pills is stirring up controversy in Buffalo's Catholic community.

A local lawmaker's comments about the treatment of an infectious disease are raising eyebrows.

Occupy Buffalo protesters don't want to leave Niagara Square, but their deal with the city to stay ends at midnight on Wednesday.