Commentary

Final negotiations are underway over a new state budget and it’s critical now to continue stressing that this year’s budget must address the right pri...

Some members of the Olean Common Council and Mayor Amy Sherburne have spent the last two weeks busily pointing fingers as they conflate the city budge...

When it comes to daylight saving time, American lawmakers remain in the dark. Admittedly, there are more important things for Congress to consider; bu...

The 2026 federal budget contains $15.8 billion in earmark funding for 8,475 local projects in lawmakers’ home districts, but the money was not distrib...

I was watching a news show the other day. A guest, a female doctor who fled Iran as a child, reminded me of earlier encounters with some students from...

The weekend attack on Iran by the United States and Israel can be viewed not as the start of a new war, but rather a fresh battle in the four-decade w...

ALBANY — If she hasn't already, Gov. Kathy Hochul should read a federal judge's decision to reject state corrections Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscell...

One doesn’t associate luxury with being in the military, but Pentagon personnel spent record amounts of money dining on seafood in 2025, according to ...

The death of the medieval theocratic dictator of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei — a diabolical fanatic who pursued nuclear weapons — is a moment of celebrat...

I am writing as a concerned citizen and recent patient of Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center's emergency department. My husband and I have both be...

About 7 feet above the ground on the front of a former YMCA building in Pittsburgh, a small horizontal plaque reads “HIGH WATER MARK / MARCH 18, 1936....

Indirect nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and Iran resumed on Feb. 6 for the first time since the 12-day war in June. However, amid deep distrust...

The federal government lost $186 billion to improper payments in fiscal year 2025, according to newly released data from the Office of Management and ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — France is great. I visit a few times a year, and the food is fantastic, the museums are amazing, and the day care is free (or heavily...

NEW YORK (TNS) — U.S. politics is apt to conflate disagreements about whether a policy is good or bad with disputes about whether it is constitutional...

The killing of a powerful drug lord in Mexico could be an inflection point for President Claudia Sheinbaum and her bilateral relationship with the Uni...

Is reality finally settling in on Capitol Hill? The nation can only hope. As the national debt rushes toward $39 trillion, and Social Security and Med...

As town supervisor of Ashford in Cattaraugus County, I believe any discussion of a potential New York City bailout must include the fiscal reality fac...