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Republicans’ decision not to challenge redistricting maps passed last week and signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul is telling. It says the state’s GO...

Have you ever heard of Madam C.J. Walker? Her real name was Sarah Breedlove. She was born in Louisiana in 1867 and became the first female millionaire...

After looking back over the years, it’s clear today’s Democratic Party as a whole is nothing like the party of old. Today’s party, which includes the ...

Congressman Nick Langworthy stated in his official weekly newsletter dated Feb. 18: “A few weeks ago, President Biden announced that he would halt all...

Have you ever reached what you perceived to be your breaking point? Such times can be serious indicators of a broader problem, such as with an actual ...

Most NFL fans, no matter how hardcore they are for their own team, find a rooting interest for the Super Bowl — that’s part of what makes SB Sunday su...

What do you call it when somewhere between 6 and 8 million people enter the United States illegally in the course of three years? Many people would ca...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If you hear a politician or salesperson or, for that matter, opinion columnist invoke common sense, beware. When people say a particu...

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have once again done a public service. Like “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” before it, the new series “Masters of ...

Budget adoption season is underway at the State Capitol, which means, first, that joint Senate-Assembly public hearings on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2024-25...

BUFFALO — Last year, Catholic Charities of Buffalo celebrated 100 years of serving the Western New York community. This year also marks something equa...

NEW YORK (TNS) — New York Democrats just can’t help themselves. They’ll do whatever they have to in order to rig House elections in their favor. But n...

Sometimes the universe has a sense of humor. Could there be a more amusing coda to the “Barbie” phenomenon than the Ken doll, played by Ryan Gosling, ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The 2028 presidential campaign can’t come soon enough. Just think: Fresh faces, furrowed by fewer lines. Fresh ideas, not of the au...

There’s a lively internal debate in the GOP about the politics of a potential immigration deal with Joe Biden. Should Republicans, as Donald Trump is ...

Can we already be rounding the corner to February? I feel like I haven’t even had time to do the New Year reflections on 2023 so I can make some good ...

ALBANY — A couple days before Christmas, when she hoped no one was looking, Gov. Hochul signed into law legislation that will force local governments ...

John Fetterman, as someone put it, is doing a Bulworth in reverse. Bulworth was a fictional California senator in the 1990s movie of the same name who...