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    No, democracy is not on the ballot
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    No, democracy is not on the ballot
    RICH LOWRY 
    Nov 01, 2022
    Democracy is under threat — the wrong candidates could win more votes than their opponents in hotly contested free and fair elections. That’s the worr...
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    Spin election results now, win political battles later
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Spin election results now, win political battles later
    JONATHAN BERNSTEIN Tribune News Service 
    Oct 30, 2022
    The polls won’t close for more than a week, but there already is plenty of spin casting blame and taking credit for midterm wins and losses. Yet as mi...
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    Biden touts Democratic economic successes as he welcomes Micron to NY
    Business, News, NY State News
    Biden touts Democratic economic successes as he welcomes Micron to NY
    ALEX GAULT Watertown Daily Times 
    Oct 27, 2022
    SYRACUSE (TNS) — President Joe Biden championed a resurgence in American manufacturing Thursday as he and other federal, state and local officials wel...
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    Fetterman struggles in Senate debate against Oz after stroke
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    Fetterman struggles in Senate debate against Oz after stroke
    MARC LEVY and STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press 
    Oct 26, 2022
    HARRISBURG, Pa. — More than five months after experiencing a stroke, Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggled at times to explain his positions ...
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    Abortion not the boost Democrats hoped
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Abortion not the boost Democrats hoped
    Oct 24, 2022
    Joe Biden wants voters to focus on abortion rights. Last week, just three weeks before the midterm elections, the president said that if Democrats do ...
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    Cuomo’s return: Ex-gov launches podcast, laments downfall
    News, NY State News
    Cuomo’s return: Ex-gov launches podcast, laments downfall
    MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press 
    Oct 19, 2022
    NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo isn’t begging for forgiveness. Fourteen months after resigning from office in a sexual harassment scandal, the former New York...
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    Who’s more in lockstep, GOP or Democrats?
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Who’s more in lockstep, GOP or Democrats?
    BYRON YORK 
    Oct 19, 2022
    There was an extraordinary Senate debate this week in Orem, Utah, between Sen. Mike Lee and challenger Evan McMullin. It was extraordinary in part bec...
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    Timing is everything in politics
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Timing is everything in politics
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    Oct 16, 2022
    With the polls in many key midterm races agonizingly close, victory or defeat in November will hinge largely on a single question: are Americans merel...
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    ‘Unconstitutional’ absentee ballot case heads to NY Supreme Court
    News, NY State News
    ‘Unconstitutional’ absentee ballot case heads to NY Supreme Court
    JOSHUA SOLOMON Times Union 
    Oct 13, 2022
    ALBANY (TNS) — A court case brought by state Republican and Conservative leaders that is challenging a law change that has allowed voters to use absen...
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    Borrello: Where were Dems who oppose farm OT change during process?
    Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
    Borrello: Where were Dems who oppose farm OT change during process?
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Oct 06, 2022
    In response to a press conference by a group of Upstate Assembly Democrats decrying the lowering of the overtime threshold for farm workers, state Sen...
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    Hispanics weren’t what progressives thought
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Hispanics weren’t what progressives thought
    RICH LOWRY 
    Oct 04, 2022
    One of the most significant events in American politics is that Hispanics are, in effect, deciding that they are working-class voters rather than ethn...
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    Joe Biden is becoming a quasi-lame duck
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Joe Biden is becoming a quasi-lame duck
    RICH LOWRY 
    Oct 02, 2022
    Joe Biden’s highly touted political comeback is failing to live up to the hype. He’s up from his midsummer trough of an approval rating that averaged ...
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    Mastriano makes campaign stop in Smethport; governor candidate tries to flip ‘extreme’ narrative
    News
    Mastriano makes campaign stop in Smethport; governor candidate tries to flip ‘extreme’ narrative
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Sep 28, 2022
    SMETHPORT, Pa. — Bringing his campaign for governor to the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania Wednesday, state Sen. Doug Mastriano attempted to push back o...
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    Kathy Hochul, Lee Zeldin and nobody else
    Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
    Kathy Hochul, Lee Zeldin and nobody else
    CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
    Sep 28, 2022
    ALBANY (TNS) — Walk into any supermarket and you’ll find a variety of breakfast cereals to match nearly any taste. Shop online and you can select, say...
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    Historical analogies in midterm politics
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Historical analogies in midterm politics
    BYRON YORK 
    Sep 28, 2022
    If history is any guide, Democrats do not have a chance — not even a small a chance — of keeping control of the House in the midterm elections. But th...
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    Crime is a legitimate issue in midterms
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Crime is a legitimate issue in midterms
    RICH LOWRY 
    Sep 27, 2022
    There’s been a wave of violent crime the last couple of years, and the best way to address the issue is for everyone to pass over it in silence. That’...
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    Reforming the Electoral Count Act
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Reforming the Electoral Count Act
    Sep 26, 2022
    The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill to reform how Congress certifies electors after a presidential election. That bill (or a sim...
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    The fathers writing abortion laws are showing no mercy for daughters
    The fathers writing abortion laws are showing no mercy for daughters
    LZ GRANDERSON Tribune News Service 
    Sep 25, 2022
    I heard John Mayer’s “Daughters” playing in the grocery store recently, and though it had been years since I listened to the 2003 classic, the chorus ...
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    Manchin rails against ‘revenge politics’ on permit plan
    Business, News
    Manchin rails against ‘revenge politics’ on permit plan
    MATTHEW DALY Associated Press 
    Sep 20, 2022
    WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday railed against what he called “revenge politics,’’ as liberals in the House and Senate team up with Republica...
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    Senate Republicans run and hide on abortion
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Senate Republicans run and hide on abortion
    RICH LOWRY 
    Sep 18, 2022
    There was a time when Senate Republicans were squarely behind a federal ban on late-term abortion. And it wasn’t long ago. When South Carolina Sen. Li...
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    Cuba hosts Dairy Days 2025 over the weekend
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    Cuba hosts Dairy Days 2025 over the weekend
    June 16, 2025
    CUBA — The village of Cuba hosted the Dairy Days 2025 celebration over the weekend, which featured the Community Yard Sale throughout the area on Satu...
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    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
    Gallery, News
    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 14, 2025
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    400 turn out in Olean for ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Trump
    Local News, News
    400 turn out in Olean for ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Trump
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 14, 2025
    OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
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    Cathy Briggs
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    Cathy Briggs
    June 14, 2025
    Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
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    William S. Clemens
    Obituaries
    William S. Clemens
    June 14, 2025
    William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
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    John R. Cornwall
    Obituaries
    John R. Cornwall
    June 14, 2025
    John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
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