Commentary

When news broke last week that a judge had overturned the state campaign finance board's decision to deny public matching funds to Republican gubernat...

Donald Trump has more than earned his reputation as a Beltway disruptor. But his latest gambit — involving his unique settlement with the IRS — poses ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There is a palpable fear among American workers that AI is coming for their jobs. The answer to that fear, as I’ve argued, is to make...

NEW YORK (TNS) — America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess. More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away...

Details on the still-unfinished state budget have been few and far between over the seven weeks now that it has been late, but once Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

Starting at 6:30 a.m., Thursday, June 4, United Way volunteers will be at key intersections across Olean, Allegany, Portville and Salamanca, selling s...

The independent U.S. Government Accountability Office’s 2026 annual report made 97 new recommendations for Congress to improve government efficiency a...

NEW YORK (TNS) — America is fast becoming a country with two economies: a stagnant one for men and a growing one for women. So far this year, the U.S....

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 2019, during President Trump's first term, New York magazine published an excerpt of advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's memoir,...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A universal truth about parenting is that the second you think you’ve got a handle on a difficult stage in your child’s development —...

Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much these days, but you can bet the house that they both share an aversion to political suicide. Consider la...

It starts with a letter in the mail. A dairy farmer opens it to find new requirements from their milk processing plant. Herd data, energy usage, emiss...

When Thomas P. DiNapoli was voted into the post of New York comptroller by the state Legislature in early 2007, he took over an office that represente...

The homelessness agency in King County of Washington state has a $45 million deficit, but auditors can’t fully figure out why, according to a state au...

Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. There comes a time in life when one feels that to their very core. For me, it came on Mother's Day. T...

The Trump administration has made no bones about its frustration with the coverage it receives from various media outlets. And it’s true that many in ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — “Tax the Rich” is a catchy, intuitive and politically potent slogan. In a period of rapid wealth creation alongside rising costs and ...

May is National Military Appreciation Month in the United States. Unlike many government-designated days and months of appreciation, this has a surpri...