Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
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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Mamdani gets an important tax fact wrong
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Mamdani gets an important tax fact wrong
By BILL HAMMOND 
Feb 18, 2026
ALBANY — At a hearing in Albany last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied state lawmakers to help him balance the city’s finances with a 2...
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Who’s to blame for an unfair US economy?
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Who’s to blame for an unfair US economy?
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 16, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Billionaires are now Public Enemy No. 1 in America. Majorities of voters, in both parties, think the gap between the rich and poor is...
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GOP strategist: MAGA meltdowns will cost the election
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GOP strategist: MAGA meltdowns will cost the election
By MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer 
Feb 15, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — Attorney General Pam Bondi took one of the most radioactive political issues in the country — the Epstein files — and detonate...
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Our era really is like the Civil War in one key way
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Our era really is like the Civil War in one key way
By MATT K. LEWIS Los Angeles Times/TNS 
Feb 13, 2026
We’re one year in, and President Donald Trump’s second term has already produced a parade of problematic historical analogies. Critics have invoked Ki...
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Real progress on federal regulatory reform
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Real progress on federal regulatory reform
Feb 13, 2026
President Donald Trump ran on a platform that included downsizing the bloated federal administrative state. He has more than delivered. In January 202...
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Lead removal grants lack oversight
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Lead removal grants lack oversight
Feb 11, 2026
Eleven state and local governments that received a collective $45 million from the federal government to remove lead from houses were never flagged as...
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Northwest Passage will be decided by capability, not law
By ANDREW LATHAM RealClearPolitics 
Feb 11, 2026
Recent attention has focused on Greenland regarding Arctic strategy, a reminder that geography once treated as peripheral now sits squarely within the...
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Oh, right, the Winter Olympics are on
By PAUL ZEISE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Feb 11, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — This week's controversy in the world of sports involved some U.S. Olympic athletes saying they are struggling with some of the thin...
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EPA missed obvious payment inaccuracies
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EPA missed obvious payment inaccuracies
Feb 09, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency “did not follow standard operating procedures” for reviewing its spending and underestimated its improper payments...
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Seven reasons not to raise taxes in New York
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Seven reasons not to raise taxes in New York
By BILL HAMMOND 
Feb 09, 2026
Despite the robust growth of state revenues in recent years, many of New York’s elected officials are pushing to further increase the tax burden on th...
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The Gordian knot of modern politics
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The Gordian knot of modern politics
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Feb 06, 2026
Politics is the great leveler: It makes even the most inspired and insightful voices sound banal. In his hurriedly cobbled-together new song railing a...
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