economy

As New York state’s gasoline price for later May is the fourth highest in the past decade, the Biden administration will release 1 million barrels of ...

Allegany County will receive $500,000 in federal Brownfields funding through the Environmental Protection Agency to begin assessing and planning for t...

Congressman Nick Langworthy says numerous policy priorities that benefit farmers in Western New York are included in the House Committee on Agricultur...

OLEAN — The opportunity to pass a $56.17 million budget with a 1% increase in the tax levy will be presented to voters of the Olean City School Distri...

Area school boards are bringing their budgets to public votes on Tuesday. Most districts are reporting increases in overall spending as well as additi...

ALBANY (TNS) — Before heading to the Capitol earlier this week to rally with lawmakers to push for the passage of bills aimed at “rescuing” emergency ...

Raising fees is a step the Legislature can take to address growing crisis in plastic pollution. Without a doubt, plastic litter has proliferated beyon...

DEAR RUSTY: My wife and I have taken a Social Security “Cut” — no 3.2% raise for us, due to something called “IRMAA,” based on our income. We actually...

Local municipalities saw mixed sales tax receipts in April, the state’s fiscal watchdog reported this week. The Office of the State Comptroller report...

ALFRED — Alfred State College is building a bigger and better campus to accommodate more students in consecutive fall cohorts. Construction investment...

As the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency extended a moratorium on commercial solar projects, it is also moving to pump the brakes on th...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Franciscan Institute Publications at St. Bonaventure University has published a new book on economic reforms. Titled “The Virtuous E...

The S&P 500 is down more than 5% since Joe Biden’s inauguration, and the Dow Jones Industrial more than 4%. The Federal Reserve is ratcheting up inter...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Spotted lanternflies don't bite, sting or transmit human diseases. Although considered harmful to some tree species, their degree o...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — China’s economy is in trouble. The juggernaut that once looked bound for global domination is slowing down — and not only in the s...

WAUSAU, Wis. — The reminder, every time they drive down the street, of how high gasoline prices are. The delays in home construction and renovation be...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has finally admitted how badly she underestimated the inflationary threat last year. Although President Joe Biden hims...

Compassion is so, so important if civilization is to rise to the heights most of us wish for, but compassion without wisdom can produce Karl Marx comm...