Brian Higgins News

Two Western New Yorkers are among the six millionaires representing the state in the House of Representatives , according to a report published Monday by a Washington, D.C., newspaper.

I will admit that when The President was elected on hope and change, I didn't see anything that would indicate either.

I was privileged to be one of the thousands of volunteers working with "Extreme Demolition: Peace Bridge Edition" to transform a community into a massive trucking zone.

November 22, 2009, 7:24 AM / What began 20 years ago with five people determined to clean up the Buffalo River has grown into one of the most powerful environmental watchdog groups in Western New York.

November 18, 2009, 7:28 AM / HAMBURG HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM: The Hamburg School District will hold a program, Humanitarian Work Abroad, conducted by members of the Hamburg schools and the community at 7 p. m. Thursday in Hamburg High School, 4111 Legion Drive.

Attorney Alan Bedenko moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Clarence in the early aughts after discovering the cost of living and real estate here.

Congressman Brian Higgins announced the application window for grants provided through the Department of Homeland Security Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Services program is now open.

Eric Massa paid himself and his wife $33,000 in salary out of campaign funds during his successful 2008 race in the Southern Tier's 29th district, federal records show.

November 14, 2009, 12:13 AM / The clouds move in today on an otherwise nice day, with the high reaching 56 degrees and scarcely a wind.

Michael R. Militello has known the horrors of war, the pain of a lengthy recovery from bullet wounds and the lack of respect for American soldiers returning from the Vietnam War some 40 years ago.

A letter signed by Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadephia, chairman of the bishops' committee on pro-life activities, and Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., had "strongly urged" the congressmen to vote for the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which they said was "an essential improvement in health-care reform legislation" that would "keep in ...

Congressman Brian Higgins says he voted "enthusiastically" in favor of the health insurance reform bill that cleared the House of Representatives on Saturday.

The mammoth economic stimulus bill that passed early this year created or saved just 231 jobs in the Buffalo metro area as of the end of September, a Buffalo News analysis of federal reports shows.

Congressman Brian Higgins joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives in approving S.1211, a bill naming the U.S. Post Office at 60 School Street in Orchard Park, New York for Jack Kemp.

Editor's Note: The following is a letter to Congressman Brian Higgins, D-South Buffalo, from Ripley resident Roger Testrake.

Drain the moat, tear down the duck house, fire the housekeeper. British lawmakers face new allowances rules following a scandal over their outrageous expense claims.

A big reason congressional Democrats are so blithely eager to push the 2009 version of President Bill Clinton's carbon tax is that they never have to pay for gasoline.

This city's most popular neighborhoods are night owls, streets that come alive when the restaurants and pubs set the mood and light their candles.

I don't understand why so many politicians in WNY run opposed. I have a large white dog.

For all of its 14 years, Western New York AmeriCorps has operated out of borrowed space in West Seneca's Charles Burchfield Nature & Art Center, far from the city residents who receive most of its services.