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OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
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NEW YORK (TNS) — It’s easy to understand why so many graduates are booing commencement speakers who tell them how great AI is. They face a brutal job ...
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Drafted in 1968, Rich Doran served two years in the U.S. Army, deployed to Germany because surviving sons weren't sent to Vietnam, and after basic tra...
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Could there be a better metaphor for the plight of the out-of-power Democratic Party than the fact that it's now a week into debati...
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Jun 04, 2026
Fifteen years ago, during the political convulsion known as “Occupy Wall Street,” I wrote a column for the Daily Inter Lake declaring: “Don’t be afrai...
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — From Indiana to Texas, President Donald Trump has been throwing his political weight around, using his clout to end the careers of ...
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Maine’s largest ski resort has yet to pay back $153,000 in taxpayer money it received years ago to build a dam that never materialized. Franklin Count...
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“It was the best of energy policies; it was the worst of energy policies.” — Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities" (Apocryphal) Higher electricity p...
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LOS ANGELES (TNS) — After a decade of Trumpism, it should come as no surprise that President Donald Trump’s ethos (presenting scandal as strength, out...
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BOSTON (TNS) — Democrats should come up with better cultural icons than aging, washed up multi-millionaire former talk show hosts. Liberal hero Stephe...
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Jun 01, 2026
The Trump administration has made strides in chopping away at the corpulent federal administrative state. Nevertheless, the Competitive Enterprise Ins...
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May 31, 2026
DALLAS (TNS) — For most moms I know, summer is a mixed bag. It’s not hard to understand why. For mothers without access to flexible or remote work, su...
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May 29, 2026
ALBANY — Anyone hoping the governor would make even modest, common-sense changes to New York’s disastrous energy policies will be disappointed. The en...
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I AM a patriot. I truly am. I say the Pledge of Allegiance at every event, I can sing all the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner," I can even recite t...
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May 28, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party is slipping. Sort of. Because even though the president’s support among GOP vot...
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May 28, 2026
Last week, Philadelphia voters passed a city-sponsored retirement plan for workers without a 401k or other employer-sponsored savings plan. Workers ca...
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
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Apr 17, 2025
If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
