finance

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Americans can readily see the effects of record-high inflation every time they shop. Prices have soared, from the grocery store to ...

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

OLEAN — Financial advisor Patrick Hollenbeck of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Olean has advanced his professional development by achievi...

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...

OLEAN — The Hatch at SUNY Jamestown Community College started its first entrepreneurship program this fall on the Cattaraugus County Campus. The Hatch...

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...

An annual report from the Government Accountability Office has saved taxpayers $667.5 billion over the last 14 years, but Congress and federal agencie...

ALBANY — The latest round of health insurance premium hikes announced by New York regulators adds to evidence that state policies are drowning consume...

DEAR RUSTY: My financial advisor used a computer program which told my husband to take his SS at age 68, then suspend it after a few months. What I un...

LITTLE VALLEY — CCB, the locally owned and operated independent community bank headquartered in Little Valley, announced the appointment of Mark Peter...

OLEAN — Just one homeowner took advantage of a pot of $50,000 in low-interest loan help for housing repairs, the Olean Local Development Corporation r...

It’s a dirty job, but someone has to tell you about the federal government’s budget tricks. The latest is exposed in a new Congressional Budget Office...

Most local taxing authorities saw higher sales taxes in August compared to the year before, state officials said Tuesday. State Comptroller Thomas DiN...

HUMPHREY — The Humphrey Town Board will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at the town hall, 4500 Humphrey Road, to discuss Local Law No. 1 for 2...

One of the most important issues facing the country has been conspicuously absent from the U.S. presidential contest — and got only the most superfici...

OLEAN — An error on the New York State Office of Real Property Tax Services website has led to inaccurate school tax bills being issued to Town of Ole...

DEAR RUSTY: This is a matter that I find particularly irksome. My wife — a retired teacher — was told that, should I predecease her, she is not eligib...