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Analysis of the vote for Harris/Trump : Investigative Post
Nov 10, 2024 · Buffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center. Trump’s election could boost readership and viewership of traditional news outlets, much like it did when he first took office.. But Trump’s hostility towards the press is likely to pose challenges to journalism unlike what we’ve witnessed in modern times.
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Current events underscore the importance of a vibrant press to a healthy democracy. Investigative Post is playing an outsized role in providing Buffalo and Western New York with in-depth, public interest journalism that make for an informed citizenry.
My tenure at Investigative Post
Dec 26, 2024 · After more than a year helping out at Investigative Post, I’m headed back into retirement. I’m certainly happy about that. After more than 40 years in the news business, I truly enjoy my time out of it. But I have to say, working as an editor at Investigative Post this past year-and-a-half has ...
J. Dale Shoemaker's use of FOIL to find stories in Buffalo
Dec 31, 2024 · Before he retired to the west coast of Mexico this fall, my Investigative Post colleague Bruce Rushton made a salient observation: New York has a particularly weak open records law because it has no teeth.. By teeth, he meant that in New York there are virtually no penalties for bureaucrats if they ignore or delay responding to a records request for information the public has a right to see.
Buffalo asks judge to dismiss lead inspection lawsuit
Oct 24, 2024 · The City of Buffalo is asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit accusing the city of failing to enforce a rental inspection law aimed at reducing lead paint in its aging housing stock.. Here’s why the case has no merit, according to the city: Buffalo is enforcing its inspections law, known as the Proactive Rental Inspections Program or PRI — just not as quickly as some would like.
State board doubles down on secrecy : Investigative Post
Dec 6, 2024 · Explanations for why the board ruled how it did on the Amazon and Wood & Brooks projects were among the records Investigative Post sought. In a third case, the board ruled that developer Luis Rodriguez was required to pay prevailing wages for the Hispanic Heritage Cultural Institute under construction on Buffalo’s West Side.. Rodriguez said the board’s decision came as …
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OTB accuses whistleblower of ‘public smear campaign’ Published by Geoff Kelly. Western Regional Off-Track Betting’s Batavia Downs. Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp has filed a counterclaim against a former executive turned whistleblower who maintains he was fired after he agreed to cooperate with investigations into alleged wrongdoing at the public benefit corporation.
Investigative Post’s groundbreaking police coverage
Nov 25, 2022 · Geoff Kelly wrote a couple of blockbuster stories for us over the past week involving allegations of racism in the Buffalo Police Department. One was based on depositions given by retired police commanders in which they acknowledged use of the N-word by officers and a failure to properly train, supervise and discipline cops working on special street units.