economy

WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” Milton Friedman once said. In other words, don’t blame greed — blame th...

Two area governments received $1 million to help with housing issues thanks to a state grant program. State Office of Community Renewal officials anno...

Gov. Kathy Hochulsigned a law to expand access to theHome Energy Assistance Program(HEAP) and help more seniors enroll in heating aid. The legislation...

OLEAN — Community Bank announces the promotion of Connor Nolan of Allegany to assistant director of consumer and mortgage ending. In his new position,...

Gov. Hochul on Saturday signed an innocuous-sounding bill to “regulate the use of automated decision-making systems and artificial intelligence techni...

News that President-elect Donald Trump’s team wants to hack away at the forbidding tangle ofU.S.bank regulation is welcome in the abstract. In practic...

A year into the merger of the United Way organizations serving Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, the executive director believes the UW has found its...

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...

Gasoline prices in Olean were down to just under $3.40 per gallon this week, down 20 cents from the first week in December. Average gasoline prices in...

ALBANY — Gov.Kathy Hochulsigned the Child Poverty Reduction Act three years ago, setting the ambitious target of cuttingNew York'schild poverty rates ...

OLEAN — A national retailer with several area stores is planning going out of business sales in case further efforts to sell the company fall through....

DEAR RUSTY: I had to start collecting Social Security at 62, and I am 75 now. I believe that in the last 13 years I have saved Social Security money, ...

ALBANY — Public employee unions complained loudly when New York’s state government workforce shrank during the coronavirus pandemic, using that decrea...

Local sales tax receipts continued to fluctuate in November, state officials said Tuesday. The Office of the State Comptroller reported that sales tax...

Federal agencies reported $161.5 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2024, according to data released by the Office of Management and Budg...

ALBANY (TNS) — Cannabis processors and cultivators are urging Gov.Kathy Hochulto sign a bill that would restructure their tax filings to be on an annu...

David Walkerran the Government Accountability Office for a decade, under both a Republican and Democratic president. Elected officials should take him...

NEW YORK — Minimum wage workers in New York have seen their earnings more than double over the past two decades, with another increase coming at the s...