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    Tariffs threaten rest of Trump’s agenda
    Commentary, Nation World
    Tariffs threaten rest of Trump’s agenda
    Apr 04, 2025
    Not yet three months into a second term, President Donald Trump has taken difficult, but necessary, actions to rein in the scope of a federal governme...
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    Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars
    Nation, News
    Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars
    JOSH BOAK Associated Press 
    Apr 03, 2025
    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — a 34% tax on imports from Ch...
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    New York’s electric grid operator uncertain it can collect Trump tariffs
    Business, News, NY State News
    New York’s electric grid operator uncertain it can collect Trump tariffs
    LARRY RULISON Times Union, Albany 
    Mar 16, 2025
    NORTH GREENBUSH (TNS) — While Ontario was threatening to impose a 25 percent surcharge on electric exports to New York earlier this week, officials wi...
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    Survey: Upstate CEOs more optimistic about business growth in 2025, beyond
    Business, News, NY State News, ...
    Survey: Upstate CEOs more optimistic about business growth in 2025, beyond
    LARRY RULISON Times Union, Albany 
    Mar 06, 2025
    COLONIE (TNS) — Upstate CEOs are the most optimistic they have been in years about the prospects for business growth in theEmpire State, according to ...
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    New York’s farms brace for impact of Trump’s tariffs
    Agriculture, Business, News, ...
    New York’s farms brace for impact of Trump’s tariffs
    DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany 
    Mar 05, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — Tariffs from the Trump administration that took effect Tuesday are expected to disrupt the agriculture industry in New York, where farm...
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    Will tariffs raise cost of electricity from Canada for NY?
    Business, Daily Headlines, News, ...
    Will tariffs raise cost of electricity from Canada for NY?
    TIM KNAUSS syracuse.com 
    Mar 04, 2025
    SYRACUSE (TNS) — The operator of New York’s electric grid expects that President Donald Trump’s tariff on Canadian imports could increase power costs ...
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    NY comptroller warns local governments of ‘fiscal cliff’
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    NY comptroller warns local governments of ‘fiscal cliff’
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Mar 02, 2025
    The changing fiscal landscape could hinder local governments’ budgets, New York State ComptrollerThomas P. DiNapoli warns in his recent report. The co...
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    Cutting red tape can supercharge growth — and tame inflation
    Commentary, Nation World
    Cutting red tape can supercharge growth — and tame inflation
    WILLIAM BEACH and PARKER SHEPPARD 
    Feb 27, 2025
    The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation. Quite literally, in fact: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations ...
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    Trump risks making same economic mistakes as Biden
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump risks making same economic mistakes as Biden
    ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
    Feb 24, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — There is one surefire way to know when someone is trying to pull one over on you: If they’re promising something for nothing — whethe...
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    More bad news for taxpayers
    Commentary, Nation World
    More bad news for taxpayers
    Feb 17, 2025
    The federal deficit will be $21.1 trillion in the 10-year period from 2025 to 2034, according to projections in the Congressional Budget Office’s bian...
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    State: Area sales tax receipts down in December
    Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
    State: Area sales tax receipts down in December
    BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    Feb 10, 2025
    Most area sales taxing bodies saw lower receipts in 2024 than in 2023, the state's fiscal watchdog reported, and all reported December collections low...
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    Dairy experts: Industry could take a hit from tariffs
    Agriculture, Business, News, ...
    Dairy experts: Industry could take a hit from tariffs
    SHERRIE NEGREA Cornell Chronicle 
    Feb 07, 2025
    ITHACA — The dairy industry could lose billions of dollars if President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on products from China, Canada and Mexico, and be...
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    Olean freezes spending, hiring over sales tax shortfall
    Local News, News
    Olean freezes spending, hiring over sales tax shortfall
    BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    Feb 04, 2025
    OLEAN — A spending and hiring freeze across city government has been triggered by six-figure sales tax losses. In a letter obtained by the Times Heral...
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    Trump’s tariffs on North America also set to pummel Asian allies
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump’s tariffs on North America also set to pummel Asian allies
    ALASTAIR GALE Bloomberg News 
    Feb 03, 2025
    Donald Trump’s planned tariffs onMexicoandCanadaare also dealing a blow to some of the U.S.’s closest allies inAsia. Japanese automakers and South Kor...
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    Why New Yorkers will start moving south again
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    Why New Yorkers will start moving south again
    CONOR SEN Bloomberg Opinion 
    Jan 30, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — The housing market appears to be starting 2025 in much the same way as it started 2024, with elevated mortgage rates, low levels of t...
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    Hochul’s budget shines brightest when it leans on GOP ideas
    Commentary, New York
    Hochul’s budget shines brightest when it leans on GOP ideas
    ASSEMBLYMAN WILL BARCLAY 
    Jan 28, 2025
    Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget presentation included a number of Assembly Minority Conference ideas, but at its core, the plan still fails to properly pri...
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    Politicians use inflation to target the American way of life
    Commentary, Nation World
    Politicians use inflation to target the American way of life
    RICHARD STERN and BROOKS NEWBY 
    Jan 01, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” Milton Friedman once said. In other words, don’t blame greed — blame th...
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    State: Area unemployment rates rise in November
    Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
    State: Area unemployment rates rise in November
    BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    Dec 25, 2024
    Local unemployment rose in November, but with lower rates than a year ago according to state officials. The state Department of Labor this week report...
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    New York’s public employee shortage is over
    Commentary, New York
    New York’s public employee shortage is over
    KEN GIRARDIN Empire Center 
    Dec 19, 2024
    ALBANY — Public employee unions complained loudly when New York’s state government workforce shrank during the coronavirus pandemic, using that decrea...
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    State: Local sales tax receipts saw varied results in November
    Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
    State: Local sales tax receipts saw varied results in November
    BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    Dec 17, 2024
    Local sales tax receipts continued to fluctuate in November, state officials said Tuesday. The Office of the State Comptroller reported that sales tax...
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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
    Obituaries
    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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    Dennis L. Holliday
    Obituaries
    Dennis L. Holliday
    June 14, 2025
    Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
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