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    The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could backfire
    Articles, Commentary, Local Columnists
    The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could backfire
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    May 28, 2025
    The process of crafting and passing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, insofar as most people enjoy eating sausage, but virtually ...
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    State: Area unemployment rates down again in April
    Allegany County News, Articles, Cattaraugus County, ...
    State: Area unemployment rates down again in April
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 23, 2025
    Local unemployment rates continued to drop in April, state officials said, and were lower than a year ago. The state Department of Labor reported that...
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    State & Union: Little change in gasoline prices in NY, no change in Olean
    Local News, News
    State & Union: Little change in gasoline prices in NY, no change in Olean
    May 13, 2025
    Average gasoline prices in New York fell 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.05/g, according to GasBuddy's survey of 6,118 stations in...
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    Climate change is making coffee more expensive; tariffs likely will too
    Local News, News, State
    Climate change is making coffee more expensive; tariffs likely will too
    MAX CONWAY and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press 
    Apr 30, 2025
    ROCHESTER — With her purple-and-pink hair swaying, Reneé Colón stands on a stepladder in the rented corner of a warehouse, pouring Brazilian coffee be...
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    DOGE isn’t enough to tame big government
    Commentary, Nation World
    DOGE isn’t enough to tame big government
    Apr 24, 2025
    Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
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    New York is Uncle Sam’s piggy bank
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    New York is Uncle Sam’s piggy bank
    Apr 24, 2025
    Thank you to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for publishing an analysis of the balance of payments between the 50 states and the federal government . T...
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    New York leads 12-state lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs as ‘illegal tax hike’
    Local News, News, State
    New York leads 12-state lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs as ‘illegal tax hike’
    TRACEY PORPORA Staten Island Advance 
    Apr 23, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochuland Attorney GeneralLetitia Jamesannounced thatNew Yorkand a coalition of 11 other states are suing theTrump Adminis...
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    Little change in NY gasoline prices
    Business, Local News, News
    Little change in NY gasoline prices
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Apr 21, 2025
    Average gasoline prices in New York fell 1 cent per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.04 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 6,11...
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    Olean Food Pantry on fed cuts: Families will ‘come away with less’
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
    Olean Food Pantry on fed cuts: Families will ‘come away with less’
    Apr 21, 2025
    OLEAN — Olean Food Pantry is sounding the alarm after federal funding cuts to food banks threaten to worsen hunger across Western New York. The nonpro...
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    End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
    Commentary, Nation World
    End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
    BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Apr 21, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion ca...
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    Financial crisis of ’25? Better to be ready
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    Financial crisis of ’25? Better to be ready
    Apr 18, 2025
    If there’s one thing investors have learned in recent days, it’s that there’s no way to guess what America will do next. With its on-again, off-again ...
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    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    Opinion, opinion/columns
    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    PRESTON BRASHERS 
    Apr 17, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
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    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    Commentary, Nation World
    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    PRESTON BRASHERS 
    Apr 17, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
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    Keystone Initiative for competitive business, prosperity
    Business, Local News, News, ...
    Keystone Initiative for competitive business, prosperity
    Apr 16, 2025
    HARRISBURG — In an effort to make Pennsylvania the most competitive state in the nation for business, the PA Chamber Foundation released the Keystone ...
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    Finalized Olean city budget shows 6.2% tax rate increase, slight decrease in spending
    Local News, News
    Finalized Olean city budget shows 6.2% tax rate increase, slight decrease in spending
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Apr 16, 2025
    OLEAN — A 6.2% tax rate increase to $17.90 per $1,000 of assessed value on a $29,147,462 budget is spelled out in the finalized City of Olean budget t...
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    NY’s small businesses need unemployment insurance fix
    Commentary, New York
    NY’s small businesses need unemployment insurance fix
    ASHLEY RANSLOW 
    Apr 09, 2025
    ALBANY — For the last four years, New York’s small businesses have been shouldering the burden of the Empire State’s pandemic-related Unemployment Ins...
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    Reindustrializing a worthy goal, but it’ll take more than tariffs
    Commentary, Nation World
    Reindustrializing a worthy goal, but it’ll take more than tariffs
    Apr 08, 2025
    President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are the biggest shock to the global financial and economic order since the end of the Bretton Woods ...
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    Letter to the Editor: Putting Washington on a budget
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: Putting Washington on a budget
    Apr 08, 2025
    I voted in the election to stop fraud, waste and abuse. I expect our government to run efficiently and I voted for putting Washington on a budget and ...
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    Gasoline prices up 6 cents per gallon in Olean area
    Business, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Gasoline prices up 6 cents per gallon in Olean area
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Apr 07, 2025
    Average gasoline prices in New York rose nearly 2 cents per gallon in the last week, while the Olean area saw prices rise 6 cents. The average price i...
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    Trump’s tariff strategy is multifaceted
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump’s tariff strategy is multifaceted
    RICHARD PORTER RealClearPolitics 
    Apr 07, 2025
    After being criticized for saying in an October speech to the Chicago Economic Club that “‘tariff’ is the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” Dona...
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    Oilers begin home slate with two walk-off wins in doubleheader
    Area College, Local Sports, Sports
    Oilers begin home slate with two walk-off wins in doubleheader
    Connor Jackson 
    June 11, 2025
    ALLEGANY — The Olean Oilers showed heart and poise with two walk-off wins over the Syracuse Salt Cats on Wednesday, winning 3-2 each game. Josh Wilson...
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    Olean GOP mayoral candidates debate before primary
    Local News, News
    Olean GOP mayoral candidates debate before primary
    By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 11, 2025
    OLEAN — A large crowd gathered in the Cutco Theater to see the two candidates for mayor lay out their plans for the future. Mayor Bill Aiello and Amy ...
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    Wage costs drive up proposed Olean Public Library budget
    Local News, News
    Wage costs drive up proposed Olean Public Library budget
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 11, 2025
    OLEAN — In eight of the past 15 years, the Olean Public Library’s board of trustees did not seek a property tax increase from the community for its an...
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    Lizards back for more, aiming for competitive summer
    Area College, Local Sports, Sports
    Lizards back for more, aiming for competitive summer
    By SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
    June 11, 2025
    Although he’s gone on to play college baseball at West Liberty University in West Virginia, Lucas Marsh plays his summer ball close to home. Growing u...
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    Olean Council tables land swap request with SolEpoxy for Hysol Park
    Business, Local News, News
    Olean Council tables land swap request with SolEpoxy for Hysol Park
    By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 11, 2025
    OLEAN — A land swap request was set aside Tuesday over concerns of precedent and pollution. The Common Council indefinitely tabled a resolution to swa...
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    Police reports 6/11/25: OPD make multiple drug arrests
    Crime, Local News, News
    Police reports 6/11/25: OPD make multiple drug arrests
    June 11, 2025
    OLEAN — The Olean Police Department reported Wednesday that nine arrests had been made over the past couple of days on drug-related charges. The arres...
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