Opinion

PLATTSBURGH (TNS) — A coalition of 20 wildlife-advocacy organizations, led by Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, has petition...

It’s not that I don’t like cats. Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE cats. Especially my own, Tate and Dory. They are five this year, and we’ve really en...

(TNS) — In Tehran today, a single fried egg costs a million rials. This staggering price tag is not just an economic anomaly; it is the sound of a reg...

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy told the nation, “We choose to go to the moon.” It’s often remembered as a moment of national ambition. In reality,...

New York needs to get off the sidelines and start managing the boom in artificial intelligence data centers proposed across the state. More than 30 “h...

The Department of the Interior spent $2.6 billion to help state and local governments and nonprofits manage drought conditions in the Colorado River B...

Schools across the U.S. have ramped up cell phone bans over the last few years. Now researchers are testing the effects, and the results are mixed. Ev...

NEW YORK (TNS) — It’s happening. California looks likely to put a “one-time” tax of 5% on wealth above $1 billion on the ballot in November, and polls...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general identified $200 million in improper payments that Medicaid made for autism services bet...

ALBANY — Each year, hundreds of newly retired government workers across New York garner a benefit that would be unheard-of in the private sector: pens...

The most successful American train company of the last century may have been in “Atlas Shrugged.” A recent audit of Brightline Trains Florida shows th...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Who won the 2020 election? Was the Capitol attacked on Jan. 6, 2021? Trump's judicial nominees are fact-challenged and unfitCan Don...

Jerome Powell is finished as Federal Reserve Board chairman, but he has time left in his term, so he is sticking around. He would be only the third ch...

Firefighting is a demanding and multifaceted line of work that extends far beyond just extinguishing flames. In communities like Olean, this reality i...

That a notion to undercut the state comptroller's authority remains in state budget talks is mystifying. Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed culling some $...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York’s Democrats are at it again. Stung by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that gave the GOP a win ...

New York state continues to hold a tight grip on far too many titles that no other state would want to go anywhere near, especially worst-in-the-natio...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — I don't really understand why tax avoidance is the holy grail of the richest American families. When you've got more than enough m...