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Feds miscalculate $66 billion in costs
Commentary, Nation World
ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI RealClear Politics 
Sep 20, 2023
The federal government is using a flawed accounting method, which is likely underestimating the costs of a loan program by $66 billion, according to a...
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Migrants, Medicaid and more: NY’s widening budget gap
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
KEN GIRARDIN Empire Center 
Aug 18, 2023
ALBANY — The multi-billion-dollar gap Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature must confront in next year’s state budget appears to be growing larger. Th...
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Inflation makes a comeback
Commentary, Nation World
Aug 11, 2023
As inflation cooled over the past year, President Joe Biden ran atop the podium to claim his medal. Turns out the race wasn’t over. On Wednesday, the ...
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US debt deserved a downgrade
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
E.J. ANTONI 
Aug 10, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Trust is always harder to build than to destroy, and that’s true for financial markets, too. The U.S. has borrowed tens of trillion...
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Inflation: Who’s really at fault?
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
PETER ST. ONGE 
Jul 27, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Did greedy grocers and grabby workers cause the inflation? That’s what the central bankers of the world would have us believe. Appa...
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Olean Chamber mulling 2024 Macker tournament
Local News, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Jun 07, 2023
OLEAN — Higher costs and lower revenues have cast doubt on another year of Gus Macker basketball tournament action in the city, but officials hope to ...
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New York comptroller: Area sales taxes dipped in April
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BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
May 18, 2023
The area’s sales tax collections dropped in April compared to the year before, according to the state’s fiscal watchdog. State Comptroller Thomas DiNa...
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Joe Biden the deficit slayer? Not so much
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 11, 2023
As the White House and House Republicans play chicken over the debt ceiling, it might be relevant to consider numbers released this week by the Congre...
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