After an especially rough period lately at The Buffalo News, some truly great news today focused on the future of journalism. Charlie Specht // Buffalo Muckraker, already well established as a first-rate journalist, now gets to kick ass as Buffalo's new political reporter. Congrats.

More than four decades later, a secret revealed: How a prominent Texas politician says he unwittingly joined a mission to sabotage Jimmy Carter's 1980 campaign by urging the Iranians to hold 52 American hostages until after the election. nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/…

That The Buffalo News each day still kicks ass, Lee Enterprises notwithstanding, is a testament to the integrity/talent of the best journalists I worked with. Wonder if Warren Buffett might spare 10 mins to read this out today from Poynter: poynter.org/business-work/…

.Ralph Nader unleashes a sharp rebuke of Governor Kathy Hochul's use of state funds.

There is a hearing scheduled for Thursday morning in the Manhattan D.A.'s criminal case against Donald Trump. The subject of the hearing is the D.A.'s motion for a protective order. Trump's appearance has been waived.

Congrats and good fortunes, Anna. Albany isn't an easy place to truly get, but you got it.

A true loss for journalism. A big gain for education. Much success.

In the early ‘70s, my friends and I would bike the dirt path near Springwood over to Rt. 9G, skipping stones on the pond beside this run-down house. Zero clue of the history we traversed until decades later on my first tour of Val-Kill. Magical, indeed, and humbling.

Something happening over parts of the Albany area now: openings of blue in the sky. Rather fetching.

Assembly session ends without a vote to authorize Hochul’s office to negotiate new Seneca compact after word spreads that it might include a Rochester casino…subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/0…

As Seneca gaming deal unravels, a poll shows opposition to Rochester casino, amid questions about a Hochul administration 'study' and the rationale for keeping the deal a secret buffalonews.com/news/state-and…

Richard Ravitch, former MTA chairman and lieutenant governor, dies at 89…remembered as a solver of crises that threatened NYC, MTA; helped end Albany’s Senate coup in 2009. newsday.com/long-island/ob…

As a former National Geographic writer who departed before the cuts began, let's be clear: this decision was made by individuals who do not care about either the magazine's peerless brand or journalism in general. It's truly embarrassing about what's happened to this once-great publication.

"For the first time, six fast-growing states in the South — Florida, Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee — are contributing more to the national GDP than the Northeast, with its Washington-New York-Boston corridor, in government figures going back to the 1990s."

“It was a bad deal. A cautionary tale is you can’t give governors too much power to get on the phone with egotistical billionaires.” @wsj looks back on Andrew Cuomo's taxpayer-funded project for Elon Musk known as the Buffalo Billion. wsj.com/articles/elon-…

Not sure how good of a cab driver he was, but Michael has been the real deal for so long in all the many areas he's covered. Good day for journalism, and a great day for readers of The Atlantic. Congrats, Michael.

Statement from Robbie Robertson’s family. 📸 Luis Sinco

Karen showed how a good reporter can be tough without being a jackass. She got Albany, and each day translated the muck, the chaos and all the head fakes in a fair manner understandable and relatable by a remarkably geographically diverse audience. Many congrats, Karen.

They might not know it yet til he's on the new job, but the beneficiaries of Mr. Gavin's hiring by The Buffalo News are the good people of the Buffalo area. And the rest of NYS, including his native Staten Island. Congrats Rob.

Entering Lock 3 in Waterford along the Erie Canal, these barges are carrying spans of a pedestrian bridge - built in Italy - due to arrive at their home in Buffalo mid-month.