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Republican congressmen representing the Twin Tiers region express excitement that the Trump administration is delivering on promises to remake the gov...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — President Donald Trump laid out an aggressive approach to “renewing the American dream” in his address to a joint session of Congres...

DETROIT (TNS) — Democrats lost the fall election by allowing themselves to be tagged as the party of inflation and illegal immigration. They seem boun...

ALBANY (TNS) — In New York's long and storied history, one Schenectady native has been governor. That's Joseph Yates, who served a two-year term in th...

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...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like everyone else in Washington, Democratic Party leaders have been stunned by the speed and the breadth of President Donald Trump...

Right Thinkers, a politically conservative group that offers panel discussions on current events and politics monthly in Allegany, has endorsed Ashley...

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...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants, less than two da...

Budget adoption season is underway at the State Capitol, which means, first, that joint Senate-Assembly public hearings on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2025-26...

ALBANY (TNS) — Banning transgender women from participating in women's sports at public facilities is not a clear violation of laws inNew Yorkthat pro...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski called Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $252 billion executive budget proposal, which she unveiled Tuesday, “grossly irresponsible” and...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, returning to power with a promise to end America's decline and to "completely and...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — President Joe Biden’s farewell address to the nation was quintessential Biden. He wove in folksy stories of America’s past. He...

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