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SBU/Siena survey: 39% of Americans bet on sports
Daily Headlines, Local News, News, ...
Olean Times Herald staff 
Feb 05, 2024
Thirty-nine percent of Americans bet on sporting events and 19% — including 39% of men age 18 to 49 and 20% of women 18 to 49 — have an account with a...
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Teach financial literacy in NY’s high schools
Commentary, New York
BETTY A. ROSA and THOMAS P. DiNAPOLI 
Feb 05, 2024
ALBANY — Financial literacy should be taught in all New York schools. When students take a financial literacy course, they learn personal finance, bud...
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Cheats still rake in COVID funds
Commentary, Editorial Cartoons
Jan 30, 2024
The federal government ramped up the printing presses during the pandemic, throwing cash around like the proverbial drunken sailor. While much of that...
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Poll: Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes
News, NY State News
CORA LEWIS and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press 
Jan 29, 2024
NEW YORK — A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll...
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EPA spent $620,000 on guns, ammo
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 29, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t traditionally associated with ranged weaponry, but the federal government has spent almost $620,000 since 20...
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Livingston County woman charged with pension theft
Allegany County News, Crime, Local News, ...
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Jan 24, 2024
ALBANY — Authorities have charged a Livingston County woman with allegedly stealing more than $34,000 of her deceased mother’s public pension payments...
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VA pre-paid $68M to energy contractors
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 08, 2024
The Veterans Health Administration gave energy vendors $68 million in prepayments that didn’t comply with federal law, a new audit found. The prepayme...
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Hochul seeks to eliminate copays on insulin
Daily Headlines, News, NY State News
JOSHUA SOLOMON Times Union, Albany 
Jan 04, 2024
ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul is seeking to stop insulin users from having copayments on their diabetes medication, shield low-income New Yorkers f...
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2023 overall news year in review
Local News, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Dec 30, 2023
January Jan. 4 — Aiello, in 10th year as mayor, delivers State of the City Jan. 4 — YMCA gets variances for Laine Outdoor Center Jan. 4 — Fans give mi...
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Times Herald compiles Top 10 stories of 2023
Daily Headlines, Local News, News
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Dec 30, 2023
From major economic development news — most of it positive for the area — to the closing of a venerable Catholic high school in Olean to the courage s...
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