When I heard the news on the radio earlier today, I have to admit I was actually quite conflicted. The State Senate was rocked today when two Democratic renegade senators broke from the party ranks and joined a surprise — and successful — move by Republicans to retake control of the 62-member...

If you thought Joe Mesi’s $70,000/year Senate job wasn’t bad enough… A Democrat who was ousted by Amherst voters in the 2005 supervisor’s race has landed on her feet with a job in the Democratic-controlled State Senate. Susan Grelick, who served nine years as Amherst supervisor, started...