ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed first-in-the-nation legislation (S.8160/A.10742) to curb the power of independent expenditure campaigns unleashed by the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. The … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to hear Appeal for SAFE Act Ruling
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a legal challenge that claimed the assault weapons ban included in New York’s SAFE Act was unconstitutional. Without comment, the justices declined to review a lower-court ruling that … [Read more...]
Reed Applauds Supreme Court Decision Regarding Federal Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opened the door to more lawsuits over the Clean Water Act in a Tuesday ruling that allowed businesses to challenge the federal government's decisions on which wetlands and streams it can regulate. The decision is … [Read more...]
State Public Service Commission to Terminate Contract Between NRG and National Grid
WASHINGTON - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) and State Sen. Cathy Young (R-Olean) are expressing their concern and disappointment with the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) after learning it plans to terminate a contract involving the … [Read more...]
Federal Court of Appeals Upholds SAFE Act
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court has upheld two controversial gun-control measures in both New York and Connecticut. The decision Monday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the SAFE Act in New York and laws in … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Jamestown City Council President Gregory Rabb
Originally airing Thursday, July 2, 2015. WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Jamestown City Council President Gregory Rabb about the recent SCOTUS ruling on marriage equality and its impact on Jamestown. In addition, they discuss … [Read more...]
Reed Vows to Continue Fighting Affordable Care Act, Despite Recent SCOTUS Ruling
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has made a decision that upholds a key component of the Affordable Care Act – which held to further strengthen the law and prevent it from being dismantled by its opponents. The high court ruled 6 to 3 in King v. … [Read more...]
New Trial Scheduled for Buffalo Area Man Found Guilty of Killing Silver Creek Native
BUFFALO - The buffalo area man convicted of intentionally killing a Silver Creek native and Air National Guardsman by throwing him down a flight of stairs of a Buffalo bar will have his case retried. On Tuesday State Supreme Court judge Penny … [Read more...]
Reed, Goodell Speak Out Against Sierra Club Lawsuit, but So Do Democratic Challengers
DUNKIRK - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) and State Assemblymen Andy Goodell (R-Jamestown) – who are both running for reelection this November - were in Dunkirk Thursday afternoon to speak out against a lawsuit involving the NRG Repowering … [Read more...]
Yale University Professor to Deliver Annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture Monday at Chautauqua
CHAUTAUQUA - Chautauqua Institution’s 10th annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States will be delivered by Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, Monday at 4 p.m. at the … [Read more...]
