finance

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance announced the start of the 2024 income tax filing season — the department and the IRS will begin...

NEW YORK (TNS) — New York could soon become the first state in the country to offer expecting mothers paid leave. Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed expan...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — A Central New York business owned by a white man has filed a lawsuit against New York’s cannabis management agency accusing it of rac...

NEW YORK — A jury awarded $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll on Friday in a stinging and expensive rebuke to former President Donald Trump for his conti...

The village of Gowanda will receive $4.5 million to help revitalize its downtown area in an ongoing program that pushed the city of Olean’s Downtown R...

The family of a deceased former member of the Olean High School wrestling team presented wrestling headgear to the Olean Youth Wrestling program prior...

While New York’s bill to deal with the huge influx of migrants rises by billions, Congress can’t close an immigration deal its members insist they wan...

OLEAN — U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy toured the Manufacturing Technology Institute at the Cattaraugus County Campus of Jamestown Community College Wednes...

Can we already be rounding the corner to February? I feel like I haven’t even had time to do the New Year reflections on 2023 so I can make some good ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — State Rep. Martin Causer and state Sen. Cris Dush announced Wednesday nearly $15.5 million in funding for Shinglehouse borough’s ong...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The former Telemark Motel is about to get a facelift and a new name — The Lincoln Boutique Motel. Sitting at the intersection of Holid...

WELLSVILLE — The holiday season officially came to an end — in the village at least — at Monday night’s village board meeting with the distribution of...

SALAMANCA — Balancing a budget for the upcoming fiscal year will be the focus of the Salamanca Common Council over the next few weeks. On Monday, the ...

OLEAN — Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce looked to the community for ideas for its 2024 Santa Claus Lane ornament through early January. The orn...

ALBANY — State Sen. Tom O’Mara, ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, said Monday that a monthlong series of public hearings on Gov. Kathy H...

ALBANY — State Sen. Tom O’Mara, ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, said Monday that a monthlong series of public hearings on Gov. Kathy H...

With two funding bills passed just under the wire, the House under Speaker Mike Johnson has ensured that the federal government won’t run out of opera...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget blueprint for 2025 tempers her policy ambitions with some welcome fiscal restraint — or what passes for it in big-spending ...