Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
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By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
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...

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Is America ready for bald, bachelor Tim Scott?
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Jul 11, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — America will be a healthier and happier place if Tim Scott somehow manages to win the Republican presidential nomination, particularly ...
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We dodged a bullet on student loans
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Jul 09, 2023
The federal government has the power to forgive federal student loan debt. What was at issue in the two cases the United States Supreme Court recently...
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Being fair to each other helps us all
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JAY AMBROSE 
Jul 09, 2023
The Supreme Court just acted to get rid of decades-long practices at colleges and universities that have been an illegal, unconstitutional, unprincipl...
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Food insecurity in our own backyard
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PAULINE HOFFMANN 
Jul 07, 2023
We hear about food insecurity in highly segregated cities like Buffalo but food insecurity is more prevalent in rural areas like Cattaraugus County. Y...
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A lose-lose on student debt freeze
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Jul 07, 2023
President Joe Biden is already scheming to get around last week’s Supreme Court ruling that invalidated his effort to unilaterally make billions in st...
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The myth of Native American innocence
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RICH LOWRY 
Jul 07, 2023
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream wants the United States to return the Blacks Hills to the Lakota. Which raises the question: Once this transfer takes place, w...
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More court rulings coming up
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Jul 06, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court is on hiatus until the first Monday of October. The docket this fall will offer the justices plenty of chances to again reinvig...
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Pay no attention to the economy behind the curtain
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E.J. ANTONI 
Jul 06, 2023
Anyone following the economic news coming from the Biden administration lately probably feels like Dorothy meeting the Wizard of Oz. Whether it’s data...
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Supreme Court’s surprising gifts for Democrats
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JACKIE CALMES 
Jul 05, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Even a broken clock is right twice a day, as the saying goes. The same lopsidedly right-wing Supreme Court that since June 2022 has...
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Understanding the affirmative action ruling
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SUSAN SHELLEY 
Jul 04, 2023
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — For decades, U.S. employers and university admissions officers have wandered in a legal minefield, never fully certain whether rac...
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Putin weakened, but don’t count him out
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DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Jul 04, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — A little more than a week ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hold on power appeared to be disintegrating. Rebel mercenaries we...
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Affirmative action critics get win, but diversity matters
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HARVEY YOUNG Chicago Tribune 
Jul 03, 2023
BOSTON (TNS) — The campaign against affirmative action has reduced the complicated process of college admissions to a simple and highly inaccurate sou...
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Ruminations on America
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Jul 02, 2023
In honor of the nation’s 247th birthday, here are some quotations about patriotism and citizenship to consider over the holiday with our wishes for a ...
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Pouring ice water on Biden parade
Commentary, Nation World
Jul 02, 2023
How fitting that the Congressional Budget Office released its long-term fiscal projections Wednesday, the same day that President Joe Biden began his ...
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