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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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Albany’s belated — and bloated — budget

BILL HAMMOND

May 13, 2025

ALBANY — The State Legislature approved the last of nine budget bills Thursday evening, 38 days after the start of the fiscal year. The state-funded p...

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House GOP reveals Trump’s ‘big’ bill, but costs run high

AP/Olean Times Herald staff

May 12, 2025

House Republicans revealed the sweeping tax provisions for President Donald Trump's big bill Monday, tallying at least $4.9 trillion in costs so far, ...

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Hochul, NY lawmakers strike deal on $254B budget

DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany

Apr 29, 2025

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democrats in the state Legislature have reached a weeks-late agreement on New York's budget, which includes billi...

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Sempolinski: Wellsville town hall on hold with the NY budget

Olean Times Herald staff

Apr 21, 2025

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said he’s hoping to hold a long-scheduled town hall meeting Thursday in Wellsville — if a state budget is adopted in time....

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Average American receiving thousands of dollars in tax refunds

Mar 16, 2025

NEW YORK (TNS) Tens of millions of Americans have already received tax refunds from the federal government, with the average return totaling more than...

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Hochul’s budget aims to save NY families, collectively, nearly $5,000

ERIK BASCOME Staten Island Advance

Jan 31, 2025

NEW YORK (TNS) — As the costs of raising a family continue to skyrocket across the state,New York's governor is looking to put thousands of dollars ba...

Commentary, New York

Hochul tries a little bit of everything to make NY more affordable

Jan 20, 2025

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Gov.Kathy Hochulreads her poll numbers and feels the economic discontent of voters who putDonald Trumpback in theWhite House. That ex...

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GOP senators in New York offer agenda to counter Democrats

Olean Times Herald staff

Jan 16, 2025

The New York State Senate Republican Conference, including Southern Tier Sens. George Borrello and Tom O'Mara, have unveiled “Liberate New York,” a le...

Commentary, New York

Hochul’s pushing affordability. It would cost a lot.

KEN GIRARDIN

Jan 16, 2025

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul hammered an “affordability” theme in the leadup to Tuesday’s 2025 State of the State address. But her campaign, dubbed “Mon...

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GOP lawmakers: Hochul addresses affordability but calls for more spending

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Jan 14, 2025

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State address on Tuesday recognized that New Yorkers face an "unprecedented" afforda...

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NY task force releases ideas to reduce child poverty by half

LUCY HODGMAN Times Union, Albany

Dec 22, 2024

ALBANY — Gov.Kathy Hochulsigned the Child Poverty Reduction Act three years ago, setting the ambitious target of cuttingNew York'schild poverty rates ...