democracy

An Allegany County Supreme Court ruling has affirmed that former legislator Adam Cyr vacated his seat by moving from the district he represented. Legi...

OLEAN — The Olean City School District’s annual board election and budget vote will be held May 20 in the Olean Intermediate Middle School between 7 a...

OLEAN — A potential primary is brewing for the Republican nomination for mayor. Two candidates — three-term incumbent Bill Aiello and political newcom...

“Everything is impossible until it is done.” — Nelson Mandela Ideally, representative government reflects the composition and interests of its constit...

HILTON HEAD, S.C. (TNS) — It’s been pretty entertaining watching the left unravel day after day. Turn on almost any network — exceptFox News— and you’...

With an open Allegany County Legislature seat in District III due to a former lawmaker's change of address, the county Republican District III Committ...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District has announced nominating petitions are available for this year’s school board election on May 2...

An authoritarian coup is happening in the United States. And “we the people” are the only ones who can stop it. We must preserve and restore our democ...

New York Democrats appeared to veer away Monday from controversial legislation that could have kept Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s North Countr...

ALBANY (TNS) —Democratsin the state Legislature have introduced a bill that would allow the governor to hit the pause button on special elections — a ...

Pointing to what he calls "the arrogance of one-party rule in Albany," Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said he opposes potential changes to state election...

Roy Cohn, the mafia lawyer who nurtured Donald Trump’s contempt for the rule of law, once infamously stated, “Don’t tell me the law, tell me who the j...

Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...

Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr.Anthony Fauciand members of the Biden family. If not, you’re ...

WASHINGTON — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. New York, California and Illinois are shrinking. With America's population shifting to the South, ...

Alfred State has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. Th...

OLEAN — A review of the city’s governing document is nearing its completion almost a year after starting. The Olean Charter Commission, which first me...

One thing that shocked me about this year’s presidential election campaign was how many of my fellow Republicans and conservatives expected to lose, b...