Jim Heaney is editor and executive director of Investigative Post. He was an investigative reporter with The Buffalo News from 1986 to 2011 and a reporter and editor with The Orlando Sentinel from ...

The Great Northern grain elevator on the Buffalo River has been crumbling in plain sight for 28 years. Fault the building’s owner, Archer Daniels Midland. But City Hall is also complicit. Yes, the ...

Kamala Harris won New York State on Tuesday. Or, more accurately, she won New York City, whose voters provided her margin of victory. She also won in counties with urban centers — Buffalo, Rochester, ...

An outside perspective on the slow but steady comeback of a neighborhood thanks to a “D.I.Y., roll-up-your-sleeves community-building ethos.” Investigative Post is the only local news organization ...

Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney interviewed Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster on the impact of the Wallenda Walk, the numerous challenges faced by Niagara Falls, and how the standoff between state ...

It’s Election Day. Four years ago, when Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, Erie County voted for the Democratic candidate while Niagara County voted for the Republican. The ...

The number of Buffalonians working from home has more than doubled since the pandemic. As a result, traffic volume and congestion is down.

Over the past year, Buffalo issued more parking summonses, by far, for not following alternate side of the street parking rules than for anything else. Using city parking summons data available ...

Over the past year, Buffalo issued more parking summonses, by far, for not following alternate side of the street parking rules than for anything else. Using city parking summons data available ...

Batavia Downs. Photo by Garrett Looker. A lawsuit filed by a former Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. executive – who claims he was fired for cooperating with state and federal investigators ...

Last year, nearly 6,600 women, men, and children throughout Erie County were victims of domestic violence. It was the highest victim total in the past decade — 14 percent higher than the previous year ...