Opinion

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...

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...

The Los Angeles Police Department spent $315.5 million on overtime last year, and the fire department spent $283.4 million, leading to inflated take-h...

This assassination attempt felt different. Following the previous attempts on the president’s life, progressives briefly acknowledged that their false...

If you’re afraid to let your opponent talk, you probably aren’t winning the debate. But it’s also hard to win the war of ideas when your audience can’...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If you take the long view, America’s economic outlook is pretty bleak. Like a lot of rich countries, it is overwhelmed by debt it has...

Last week, Buffalo hockey fans let the rest of the country in on a little secret: They showed love for Canada, even if our nation’s leaders don’t alwa...

The Little Valley Food Pantry thanks local organizations, businesses and individuals who so generously donated food, project supplies and monetary con...

President Donald Trump made it a priority to downsize the federal workforce last year, but the top-paid employees are making more money than previousl...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The left claims to support affordability but often backs tax hikes on families and businesses. While intended to fund social progra...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Harry Keyishian was a Shakespeare scholar who became the protagonist of a modern Shakespearean drama in the 1960s when he and other p...