Breaking News
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
Olean Times Herald
Commentary, Opinion
October 2, 2025
ALBANY — New Yorkers continue to face some of the costliest health premiums in the United States, and the insurance industry’s recently finalized rate...
Commentary, Opinion
September 12, 2025
ALBANY — The Hochul administration’s move to shrink the Essential Plan in response to federal budget cuts has exposed a surprising reality: For the pa...
Commentary, Opinion
August 27, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul has made Medicaid her dominant budget priority over the past four years, increasing the state’s annual share of the program by $17 b...
Commentary, Opinion
August 1, 2025
New York’s Medicaid program remained a spending outlier in 2024, with per-resident outlays that were 24% higher than those of any other state and 77% ...
Commentary, Opinion
July 7, 2025
The federal budget bill signed by President Donald Trump will cost New York billions per year in healthcare funds and is expected to reduce enrollment...
Commentary, Opinion
June 6, 2025
ALBANY — Every session of the state Legislature brings a fresh crop of proposals that would drive up health-care costs, and 2025 is no exception. Here...
