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BELMONT — A state grant will help Allegany County property owners renovate vacant spaces to improve the area’s rental apartment stock. State officials...

Local sales taxes generally saw small declines in October, state officials reported. The Office of the State Comptroller reported that while 63% of co...

The federal government built 33 new courthouses between 2000 and 2010, but poor planning and incorrect estimates led the buildings to collectively be ...

DEAR RUSTY: I retired at my full retirement age, am now 79 and will be 80 in December. I have been working consistently since. I get a meager Social S...

One of the only things growing faster than progress in AI applications is speculation about AI’s effect on the economy. I don’t have all the answers, ...

DEAR RUSTY: The Social Security program is funded by employees and their employers. The federal government does not contribute to the program, right? ...

Local unemployment rates were down in September as more workers were on the job, the state Department of Labor reported. The Cattaraugus County unempl...

DEAR RUSTY: I am past my Social Security full retirement age, and I am still working. I am married and we file our income tax jointly. My husband is 6...

The State of New York has spent $40 million on its County-Wide Shared Service Initiative, which appears to exist for the explicit purpose of eliminati...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The degrowth movement, which had a moment a few years ago, is over — and not a moment too soon. As nations in Europe and North Americ...

America’s 50 state governments will need an extra $811 billion to pay off their current debt, according to the annual “ State of the States ” report f...

DEAR RUSTY: I just turned 69 years old in August and am still working full-time. I signed up for Medicare Part A but, it is my secondary insurance bec...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Social Security revealed plans for 2025 — including raising the amount of money that you can be taxed on each year. Average wages sub...

ALLEGANY — Allegany 60 Plus is hosting a six-hour AARP Smart Driver Safety Program from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26. at the Allegany Senior Center, 3790 ...

Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for more than 72.5 million Americans will increase 2.5% in 2025, the Social S...

The Biden-Harris administration is set to eclipse the $1 trillion mark in improper payments, a new record for wasted money in a four-year term, accord...

DEAR RUSTY: I claimed Social Security at 70. My wife claimed her own SS at 62, and her earnings were significantly lower than mine. I understand my wi...

Recently I noted how the latest statewide poll from the Siena College Research Institute included a finding that less than one-third of New Yorkers th...