Misspelled name of fallen Vietnam veteran being corrected
The National Parks Service is promising to make right a 30-year wrong, with the correction of the misspelled name of a fallen Western New York hero on Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
View ArticleBill readied for naming new federal courthouse
New York's Senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, are poised to introduce legislation to name the new federal courthouse in Buffalo after a local Supreme Court Justice.
View ArticleWilliam Street mail center to remain open
Senator Charles Schumer says the main Buffalo post office on William Street will remain open for at least three more years, saving an estimated 700 jobs.
View ArticleSUNY Buffalo launches $120 million push to replace rare earths
With China largely cornering the market for rare earth metals, domestic researchers are trying to create synthetic replacements.
View ArticleSchumer seeks to amend NFL loan program for stadium upgrades
Senator Charles Schumer and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell are in Western New York today, talking about issues affecting the future of the Buffalo Bills.
View ArticleCanadian Consulate to maintain smaller presence in Buffalo
The Canadian Consulate will maintain a presence in Buffalo, despite closing its downtown office in the HSBC Tower.
View ArticleSchumer says hat counterfeiters costing Buffalo business
New Era Cap Company loses a large number of sales to counterfeiters each year. Sen. Charles Schumer says he has a plan that will help trace the source of counterfeit caps and shut down sales of fake...
View ArticleWorking family advocates travel to Washington
Activists from across New York are in Washington to lobby on behalf of working families.
View ArticleSchumer joins gun control debate
New York’s senior Senator is taking issue with the NRA in the aftermath of the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings.
View ArticleSchumer bill aims to protect witnesses from intimidation
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is pushing for legislation that would make it a federal crime to intimidate a witness and set tough penalties for intimidation.
View ArticleSchumer urges Medal of Freedom for four Webster firefighters
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is joining the effort to gain the Medal of Freedom for the four firefighters ambushed in West Webster on Christmas Eve day. WBFO's Eileen Buckley says Schumer is calling...
View ArticleSchumer calls on DOE to ensure financial security of Jamestown’s RHI Monofrax
Scientists cleaning up nuclear waste sites in West Valley, South Carolina and the state of Washington have a process that turns the waste into glass logs and they all use a substance produced in a...
View ArticleSchumer working to secure tax credits for Roswell Park expansion
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is working to gain recently extended New Market Tax Credits for Roswell Park in Buffalo so the cancer hospital so it can build a $42 million Clinical Sciences Center.
View ArticleDeadline to stop the sequester
First it was the fiscal cliff -- now the buzz word is sequestration. Congress and the President are working against a March First deadline to stop the sequester.
View ArticleSchumer seeking to stop Bank of America closure
A high-ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee is looking into Bank of America's decision to shut down it mortgage processing center in Getzville.
View ArticleVeterans Golden Age Games back on
The Department of Veteran Affairs has reversed course and now says the 27th Annual National Veterans Golden Age Games are back on, after being postponed last week.
View ArticleRegional counter-terrorism task force facing elimination
A key piece of the region's anti-terrorism task force is facing elimination by the Department of Homeland Security, according to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer.
View ArticleSchumer urges both sides 'bury the hatchet' in Peace Bridge dispute
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is urging both sides in the dispute over running the Peace Bridge to "bury the hatchet." Schumer says cooperation could lead to lots of new jobs.
View ArticleNew yogurt plant a boon for local dairy farms
One of the largest yogurt manufacturing facilities in the country is now officially open in just off Route 33 in Batavia. The state-of-the-art facility will be doing plenty of of business with local...
View ArticleEPA relocating residents living near contaminated creek
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will relocate six Lockport families away from the contaminated waters of Eighteenmile Creek.
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