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    Dems only hate ‘tyranny’ when they’re not in power
    Commentary, Opinion
    Dems only hate ‘tyranny’ when they’re not in power
    By CONNOR VASILE RealClearPolitics 
    Jun 19, 2025
    This past weekend, some 2,000 “No Kings” protests visited American cities in opposition of President Trump’s deportation efforts after violent riots e...
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    Another NY legislative session of missed opportunities, misplaced priorities
    Commentary, Opinion
    Another NY legislative session of missed opportunities, misplaced priorities
    By SEN. GEORGE BORRELLO 
    Jun 16, 2025
    Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
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    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    Commentary, Opinion
    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    By SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    Jun 16, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — President Donald Trump is enforcing immigration law, and for the first time in many decades immigration enforcement does not resem...
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    Yet another tale from the ‘wilds’ of Portville
    Commentary, Opinion
    Yet another tale from the ‘wilds’ of Portville
    By DEB WUETHRICH 
    Jun 13, 2025
    I thought I had the perfect setup for summer — until the birds came. And the stray cat. And the squirrel. Since last fall, I have been giving my cats,...
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    There’s a better way to honor our veterans
    Commentary, Opinion
    There’s a better way to honor our veterans
    Jun 12, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — On Saturday, there will be a military parade in Washington in honor of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. Coincidentally, the ...
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    Crime is down, but chaos is up
    Commentary, Opinion
    Crime is down, but chaos is up
    By JILLIAN E. SNIDER Tribune News Service 
    Jun 12, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — Protests erupted in Los Angeles and other cities, with streets filled with demonstrators clashing with police, National Guard troops ...
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    NYC Democrats set sights on dairy industry
    Commentary, Opinion
    NYC Democrats set sights on dairy industry
    By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    Jun 11, 2025
    "To say that I’m a frustrated dairy farmer in New York state would be an understatement. I don’t understand how a bill like this even gets remotely th...
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    Trump-Musk breakup: Unserious governance isn’t funny
    Commentary, Opinion
    Trump-Musk breakup: Unserious governance isn’t funny
    By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 11, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In one of the most perceptive gags in one of the best television comedies of all time, "Arrested Development," the effete therapist...
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    Ignore Greta Thunberg, there’s a real path to help Gaza
    Commentary, Opinion
    Ignore Greta Thunberg, there’s a real path to help Gaza
    By MARC CHAMPION Bloomberg Opinion 
    Jun 10, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — Sometimes it takes a self-indulgent public-relations stunt to remind us of what’s important. Monday’s inevitably intercepted aid flot...
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    James Madison’s appeal to reasonable discourse
    Commentary, Opinion
    James Madison’s appeal to reasonable discourse
    By SUSAN BRYNNE LONG RealClearPolitics 
    Jun 10, 2025
    On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose before Congress and performed an about-face. The founder who had opposed the addition of a bill of rights to the C...
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    Celtic artists strike back at AI
    Commentary, Opinion
    Celtic artists strike back at AI
    By STEPHEN WALKER 
    Jun 09, 2025
    ANDOVER — Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has crashed the Irish Festival — drunk, pushy and getting in everyone’s face with some of the most obnoxious...
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    Failure of Raise the Age: A gift to NY’s gangs
    Commentary, Opinion
    Failure of Raise the Age: A gift to NY’s gangs
    By ASSEMBLYMAN WILL BARCLAY 
    Jun 09, 2025
    Raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York has created a nightmare scenario that opened statutory loopholes that prohibit law enforcement ...
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    As Albany’s session ends, watch for rising health costs
    Commentary, Opinion
    As Albany’s session ends, watch for rising health costs
    By BILL HAMMOND 
    Jun 06, 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...
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    The GOP’s fiscal hawk era is officially over
    Commentary, Opinion
    The GOP’s fiscal hawk era is officially over
    Jun 06, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — There is no constituency for debt reduction, which is a fancy way of saying voters don’t care that the federal balance sheet is rough...
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    Outrage over Trump’s electric vehicle policies is misplaced
    Commentary, Opinion
    Outrage over Trump’s electric vehicle policies is misplaced
    By ASHLEY NUNES Chicago Tribune 
    Jun 05, 2025
    BOSTON (TNS) — Electric car subsidies are heading for the chopping block. A tax bill recently passed by House Republicans is set to stop billions in t...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: The Olean Library is a treasure worth investing in
    Commentary, Opinion
    Readers’ Turn to Write: The Olean Library is a treasure worth investing in
    By TAYLOR EADE 
    Jun 04, 2025
    The Olean Public Library is so much more than a place to check out books — it’s a space where families grow, kids feel seen and learning comes to life...
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    Uses for the vanishing penny? There’s 114 billion of them.
    Commentary, Opinion
    Uses for the vanishing penny? There’s 114 billion of them.
    By BILL TORPY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
    Jun 04, 2025
    When I read the lowly penny was set for extinction, I got melancholy thinking of what would no longer be. First, kids will not know the excitement of ...
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    CDC says guns are the No. 1 killer of children. Except they’re not
    Commentary
    CDC says guns are the No. 1 killer of children. Except they’re not
    By DAVE MASTIO Kansas City Star 
    Jun 04, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — With Robert F. Kennedy’s Make Children Healthy Again report under attack for questionable science, imaginary research and other “fo...
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    CDC says guns are the No. 1 killer of children. Except they’re not
    Articles, Commentary, Nation World
    CDC says guns are the No. 1 killer of children. Except they’re not
    DAVE MASTIO Kansas City Star 
    Jun 04, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — With Robert F. Kennedy’s Make Children Healthy Again report under attack for questionable science, imaginary research and other “fo...
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    Another antisemitic terror attack
    Articles, Commentary, Nation World
    Another antisemitic terror attack
    Jun 03, 2025
    Once again, this time in Boulder, Colorado, a terrorist self-draped in the Palestinian cause has taken to violence. Whatever one believes, violence fo...
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    Dr. Green Lawn golf scramble to benefit Salamanca youth center, historical society
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    Dr. Green Lawn golf scramble to benefit Salamanca youth center, historical society
    July 2, 2025
    SALAMANCA — Elkdale Country Club will again be the setting for a charitable fundraiser that benefits two of Salamanca’s public benefit groups — the Sa...
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    Public review for Cattaraugus Co. Ag District No. 5 runs through July 31
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    Public review for Cattaraugus Co. Ag District No. 5 runs through July 31
    July 2, 2025
    LITTLE VALLEY — A 30-day public review for Agricultural District No. 5 in Cattaraugus County runs through July 31. Required by state law, the county l...
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    State & Union: Law enforcement increasing holiday week patrols
    Local News, News, NY State News
    State & Union: Law enforcement increasing holiday week patrols
    July 2, 2025
    New York State Police and local law enforcement agencies are increasing patrols to crack down on reckless and impaired driving ahead of and during the...
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    Allegany Little League softball wins District title
    Local Sports, Sports
    Allegany Little League softball wins District title
    Connor Jackson 
    July 1, 2025
    The Allegany Little League 10-12 year old all stars dominated on their home turf to win the District 2 Championship over Cattaraugus-Little Valley on ...
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    Police reports 7/1/25: Traffic stop leads to drug arrest in Olean
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
    Police reports 7/1/25: Traffic stop leads to drug arrest in Olean
    July 1, 2025
    OLEAN — An Olean woman was taken into custody Monday morning on several drug-related charges following a traffic stop in the city. Katie L. Melaro, 42...
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    Steelers 2025 outlook after Jalen Ramsey trade
    Sports
    Steelers 2025 outlook after Jalen Ramsey trade
    Connor Jackson 
    July 1, 2025
    The Pittsburgh Steelers are still making headlines in the offseason. They made a trade with the Dolphins for seven time pro bowl cornerback Jalen Rams...
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