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Uncontested races are the name of the game in village elections across the county this year. The only contested race reported to the Times Herald is i...

Three Olean Common Council members — two Republicans and one Democrat — have been endorsed to run for District 8 Cattaraugus County Legislature seats ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed blasted Albany Democrats on Thursday for passing the New York Dream Act, which he said would use taxpayer dollars to pay for illega...

Of the electoral changes enacted into state law already this year, the single primary and earlier nominating process seem to be the immediate changes ...

(TNS) In 2017 Sen. Dianne Feinstein was criticized — fairly, in my view — for implying that a judicial nominee couldn’t serve fairly as a federal judg...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is expected to move toward launching a 2020 presidential campaign within days by forming an exploratory comm...

Despite a loss in her bid to become Senate minority leader, state Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, has been named to a high ranking leadership post in S...

ALBANY (AP) — Of all the Democrats considered potential candidates for president in two years, former Vice President Joe Biden makes the "best case," ...

Because of the impasse over President Trump’s proposed border wall, the American people face the very real prospect of a government shutdown starting ...

BUFFALO (AP) — A former state lawmaker from Western New York has been sentenced to two months in prison for trying to cover up making unwanted sexual ...

Tracy Mitrano, the Penn Yan Democrat who lost her bid to unseat Rep. Tom Reed in the Nov. 6 midterm election, announced two weeks later she would like...

(TNS) An enduring Washington truth: When a politician uses multiple clauses in a sentence, the opening words are camouflage soon to be contradicted by...

Almost two years into Donald Trump's presidency, it is high time to take stock of the decisions that he has made. Trump has, by almost all accounts, p...

BUFFALO (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Buffalo's four refugee resettlement agencies need to stay open because they provide critical support to newcomer...

State Sen. Catharine M. Young didn’t have much time after the election to mount a campaign for Senate minority leader. The senator from Olean met with...

State Sen. Catharine M. Young is afraid Democratic control of the State Senate will be very detrimental to Upstate counties. After Tuesday’s elections...

OLEAN — State Sen. Catharine M. Young is focusing not only on 57th Senate District constituents and issues, but re-electing a Republican Senate majori...

A nationally recognized watcher of political races showed Democrat challenger Tracy Mitrano gaining ground on Republican incumbent Tom Reed in the 23r...