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    The Pentagon’s most expensive month since ’08
    Commentary, Nation World
    The Pentagon’s most expensive month since ’08
    Jan 29, 2025
    The Department of Defense purchased lobster tails, footrests and more during a September 2024 spending spree that saw $79.1 billion spent on grants an...
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    McConnell stands up against Hegseth
    Commentary, Nation World
    McConnell stands up against Hegseth
    Jan 28, 2025
    As Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell engineered many of the wins of Donald Trump’s first term, but he was right Friday night to finally say no t...
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    Facts matter now more than ever
    Commentary, Nation World
    Facts matter now more than ever
    Jan 28, 2025
    On Friday, topChicago Public Schoolsofficials announced that agents fromImmigration and Customs Enforcementhad arrived at a Southwest Side elementary ...
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    Hochul’s budget shines brightest when it leans on GOP ideas
    Commentary, New York
    Hochul’s budget shines brightest when it leans on GOP ideas
    ASSEMBLYMAN WILL BARCLAY 
    Jan 28, 2025
    Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget presentation included a number of Assembly Minority Conference ideas, but at its core, the plan still fails to properly pri...
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    Letter to the Editor: True leadership takes over
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: True leadership takes over
    Jan 27, 2025
    In response to the letter to the editor, “Pardons Don’t Erase Truth of Jan. 6 ,” in the Jan. 23 edition of the Times Herald, the writer claims that th...
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    Guest Comment: $3M per wind turbine should be required for decommissioning
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Guest Comment: $3M per wind turbine should be required for decommissioning
    MARSHA NORTH and WILLIAM SNYDER 
    Jan 27, 2025
    The Alle-Catt Wind Project has stalled due to Alle-Catt’s failure to fulfill two certificate conditions: noise compliance and an accepted decommission...
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    Ban smartphones in NY schools to break tech’s hold over kids
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    Ban smartphones in NY schools to break tech’s hold over kids
    Jan 27, 2025
    We support Gov. Kathy Hochul’s legislation to ban students from using smartphones and other internet-connected devices during the school day and urge ...
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    Tune in to state budget adoption process
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    Tune in to state budget adoption process
    SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    Jan 27, 2025
    Budget adoption season is underway at the State Capitol, which means, first, that joint Senate-Assembly public hearings on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2025-26...
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    Executive orders are a shortcut to autocracy
    Commentary, Nation World
    Executive orders are a shortcut to autocracy
    NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
    Jan 24, 2025
    With a few exceptions, I agree with the objectives of nearly all of the executive orders President Donald Trump has signed during his first few days i...
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    Trump’s DEI order has flaws but gets the big picture right
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump’s DEI order has flaws but gets the big picture right
    DAVID MASTIO Kansas City Star/TNS 
    Jan 24, 2025
    AsSupreme CourtChief Justice John Robertssaid nearly two decades ago, “The way to stop discriminating based on race is to stop discriminating based on...
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    Dialed in to Hochul’s school cellphone ban
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    Dialed in to Hochul’s school cellphone ban
    Jan 24, 2025
    The New York State Legislature absolutely should get on board with Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to impose a statewide ban on K-12 students' use of sma...
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    Hochul’s lack of direction on health care
    Commentary, New York
    Hochul’s lack of direction on health care
    BILL HAMMOND Empire Cendter 
    Jan 23, 2025
    ALBANY — Financing and regulating health care delivery is one of the biggest responsibilities of state government, yet Gov. Kathy Hochul had remarkabl...
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    DEI, a euphemism for discrimination, is on the way out
    Commentary, Nation World
    DEI, a euphemism for discrimination, is on the way out
    JONATHAN BUTCHER 
    Jan 23, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Shortly after his swearing in, President Donald Trump reinstated his ban on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the federal go...
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    Other Voices: Vote on judges in 2025
    Leters to the Editor
    Other Voices: Vote on judges in 2025
    Jan 23, 2025
    Roy Cohn, the mafia lawyer who nurtured Donald Trump’s contempt for the rule of law, once infamously stated, “Don’t tell me the law, tell me who the j...
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    Letter to the Editor: On Alle-Catt, where is the public need?
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: On Alle-Catt, where is the public need?
    Jan 23, 2025
    Almost five years ago, the Alle-Catt Wind Project was granted a “Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need” by the New York State Pub...
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    Presidents and their pardons
    Commentary, Nation World
    Presidents and their pardons
    Jan 22, 2025
    Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...
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    Letter to the Editor: Pardons don’t erase truth of Jan. 6
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: Pardons don’t erase truth of Jan. 6
    Jan 22, 2025
    Despite the politics surrounding the topic, despite the fervent denial by many, despite the desperate attempts to rewrite history, the truth remains t...
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    Presidents and their pardons
    Commentary, Nation World
    Presidents and their pardons
    Jan 22, 2025
    Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr.Anthony Fauciand members of the Biden family. If not, you’re ...
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    Searching for supplements is a chore
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Searching for supplements is a chore
    DEB WUETHRICH 
    Jan 22, 2025
    It always comes before me at the start of a new year. I don’t know if it’s like this on network channels, but I watch a news channel that seems to der...
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    Putting an end to Trump Derangement Syndrome
    Commentary, Nation World
    Putting an end to Trump Derangement Syndrome
    J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
    Jan 21, 2025
    My name is Peder and I suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. My case is not full-blown — I don’t contend that the incoming president is a fascist be...
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    ‘It’s the right thing to do’: Couple supports Wellsville in giving from foundation
    Local News, News
    ‘It’s the right thing to do’: Couple supports Wellsville in giving from foundation
    By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    July 7, 2025
    WELLSVILLE — Tom Kelsey may not have lived in Wellsville since the 1960s, but the community he grew up in has always remained near and dear to his hea...
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    High Tea: A book discussion with Alfred-area author Megan Staffel
    Local News, News
    High Tea: A book discussion with Alfred-area author Megan Staffel
    By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    July 7, 2025
    ALFRED — When the MostArts Festival gets underway in Alfred, July 13-19, there will be something for authors. This year the event will feature High Te...
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    How budget bill will affect healthcare in New York
    Commentary, Opinion
    How budget bill will affect healthcare in New York
    By BILL HAMMOND 
    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...
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    SCOTUS restores needed balance to our government
    Commentary, Opinion
    SCOTUS restores needed balance to our government
    By SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    July 7, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. CASA, Inc., but only on the issue of wh...
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    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    Sixth annual Margaret Kenney Euchre Tournament is Sept. 20
    July 7, 2025
    ALLEGANY — The sixth annual Margaret Kenney Memorial Joint Euchre Tournament to Fight Diabetes will be held Sept. 20 at the Allegany American Legion b...
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    Zoar Valley Tavern & Restaurant to be featured on ‘America’s Best Restaurants’
    Business, Cattaraugus County, News
    Zoar Valley Tavern & Restaurant to be featured on ‘America’s Best Restaurants’
    By Olean Times Herald staff 
    July 7, 2025
    EAST OTTO — Local eatery Zoar Valley Tavern & Restaurant will be hosting a visit from “America’s Best Restaurants” this month. A national media and ma...
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