WBFO Brief

The first licenses for state-regulated adult-use marijuana dispensaries in WNY have been approved and NYS government operations will continue despite failing to reach a budget agreement.

Three Starbucks employees who've been active in unionizing efforts have been dismissed, and Gov. Hochul and the legislature miss the deadline for the state budget.

Law enforcement agencies are investigating a series of swatting incidents, Gov. Hochul says they need more time on the budget, Theater Talk, and more.

Home healthcare workers and their clients are demanding that any budget agreement that raises the minimum wage must include them, and Chautauqua County is warning drug users of the emergence of the drug Tranq.

NYS AG Letitia James sues Buffalo landlord over lead safety violations, Evictions are on the rise across New York State, and Gov. Hochul talks with Angelea Preston for Women Wednesday.

McCarley Gardens apartments are still plagued by some issues despite progress made on the renovations, and Gov. Hochul and the legislature are still far apart on some proposals with the budget deadline approaching.

A proposed millionaires tax seems to have overwhelming support, and asylum seekers are no longer able to use a backroad to cross from New York State into Quebec.

What are the origins of the advertisements backing Gov. Kathy Hochul's budget plan? And Peter Hall and Anthony Chase give you Theater Talk on a Friday.

Starbucks workers join a nationwide strike over unfair labor practices, and nearly a million dollars is going to UB's School of Public Health for a Mobile Health Unit.

Buffalo Starbucks workers are joining a nationwide strike; state budget negotiations enter the final weeks; and celebrations of the Hindu festival Navaratri begins today.