Opinion

The federal government spent $8.4 million on purchases that included golf carts in fiscal year 2025, according to spending records obtained by Open th...

The White House has scheduled a party for Friday and you, taxpayer, will be picking up the check — in more ways than one. The Celebration of Agricultu...

It’s difficult to pinpoint one single issue, above all others, which must be addressed in the new state budget currently being negotiated by Gov. Kath...

While many Americans have grown complacent about the federal surveillance state, the United States Constitution is clear. If law enforcement agents wa...

Since its earliest days, the U.S. has been a nation of immigrants. Increasingly, it’s also a nation of emigrants — a trend that should alarm elected o...

Do you ever wonder if you’re on your phone too much or if other people are wondering the same thing? Do you ever catch your child asking you something...

During Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency, as well as throughout his present term, he has echoed a continual statement of putting “America fir...

Tobacco-Free CCA joins communities across the country in observing National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW), March 16-22, to empower young people wi...

ALBANY — As the Trump administration cracks down on fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, New York is a logical place to start. New York spends far more...

“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise...

Sen. Chuck Schumer walked Democrats into a dead end last year, triggering the longest federal government shutdown in a futile effort to prop up the he...

Do you dream? Are they good, bad or ugly, comforting or even scary? Most have had some of each. A dream is defined as “a series of thoughts, images, a...

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan declared March to be Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, inspired by years of advocacy. The deinstitutionaliz...

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has billed taxpayers $111,000 for limousine services since 2019, according to a review of disbursement reports by T...

NEW YORK (TNS) — One of my most longstanding and controversial opinions is that the move from defined-benefit pensions to defined-contribution pension...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — I recently went to the doctor about a minor health issue. “Is what I’m experiencing normal?” I asked her. “No, it’s never normal,” ...

Walking through the front doors of a funeral home is something most of us will do in our lifetime. Doing so signals lives transformed forever. Funeral...

I see the city of Olean is worried about feral cats again. I have a question: If the cats were captured and spayed and neutered and then released, why...