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Byron Brown, Buffalo's long-serving mayor, to take on new role as president of Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. Exciting transition ahead for Buffa...

‘Put the guns down. You’re killing our babies’

Welcome to the Monday, July 31, 2023, Brew. 

As Ballotpedia prepares for August’s mayoral elections, we wanted to pause and take a look at some trends we’ve noticed across the top 100 largest cities by population. Analyzing each city’s most recent mayoral election results, ranging from 2019 to 2023, we found that the top five competitive general elections…

A candidate who nearly became Buffalo’s first female mayor is competing for a council seat against a woman thrust into prominence after her son survived a racist mass shooting

On May 14, 2022, a white supremacist attacked the Jefferson Street Tops supermarket in East Buffalo, a predominantly Black neighborhood, killing 10 people and injuring three.

Authorities have identified the Buffalo firefighter who died in an explosive four-alarm fire as Jason Arno, a 37-year-old married father

The 19-year-old also faces 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence. He will make an appearance in federal court this week.

Roads have reopened in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continue searching for people who may have died or remain stranded after last week's blizzard