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More than 3,500 people from Western New York and across the U.S. heard a mix of pastors, former Trump officials, Jan. 6 participants and vaccine skeptics make false claims about everything from the 2020 election to the COVID-19 pandemic during the far-right roadshow’s two-day stop at Batavia’s Cornerstone Church this past weekend.

Finding home care aides for New Yorkers living with dementia may only get more difficult in the years to come. New York has the largest home care aide shortage in the nation, while the number of New Yorkers living with dementia will increase 12% over the next three years.

The best contract in the Western New York market right now is the one ratified between CWA and Catholic Health last year.

How will state and local funds be dispersed to help the victims of the Tops shooting? How much money is coming in and who is in control of it? These are the questions leading up to the 5-14 Survivor’s Fund steering committee’s town hall meeting Thursday evening.

Some community members got their first glimpse Thursday of what Tops Markets officials call a complete redesign and overhaul of their Jefferson Avenue grocery store following the May 14 racist mass shooting there.

At nursing homes across Western New York this week, workers clad in purple shirts and equipped with yellow flags can be found marching and chanting. Their biggest ask? A $15 starting rate for those who repair, cook and clean for the facilities.

Over 1,200 Western New York nursing home workers across 12 facilities are set to go on one-day strikes this week for higher wages.

The push to rename Buffalo’s East and West sides is gaining traction, but will a name change lead to meaningful action? Is it a case of empty symbolism or a harbinger of gentrification and displacement?

Leaders of local far-right groups have for the most part taken to social media to defend themselves against allegations of racism and using dangerous rhetoric in wake of the Tops Market shooting.

A plethora of emergency mental health and food services have descended on the predominantly Black East Side neighborhood surrounding Tops in the days since Saturdays shooting that killed 10 people and injured three others.