finance

OLEAN — Higher revenue estimates due to sales taxes and municipal aid should help balance the city budget, but losses to water revenue mean higher rat...

ALBANY (TNS) — Deep-pocketed donors flooded New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign coffers with cash in recent months as the state’s top Democrat repea...

Have you ever encountered counsel from the beyond? Advice from the grave? I’m not talking about a mental condition of hearing voices or meeting up wit...

WELLSVILLE — While stimulus checks are showing up in individual bank accounts, the Village of Wellsville will also be receiving funds through the Amer...

ALBANY — Environmentalists are happy with the way the state budget is coming together, at least so far. The Senate is calling for a revival of $3 bill...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury announced last week that the federal income tax filing deadline has been extended one month. ...

ALBANY (AP) — New York state residents are getting an extra month to file their state income taxes. State Budget Director Robert Mujica Jr. said Frida...

OLEAN — After losing and regaining its tax-exempt status in the last year, Olean Local Development Corp. officials reported they will review the agenc...

Local sales taxes saw mixed results in February, but most municipalities saw a decrease in collections from the year before. State Comptroller Tom DiN...

SALAMANCA — After the loss of a beloved assistant coach, the Salamanca girls basketball team dedicated its 2021 season to the late Mark Chase. On Satu...

Area school superintendents are optimistic about billions of dollars in aid that New York will receive through the recently passed American Rescue Pla...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — After the American Rescue Plan waived taxes on canceled student loan debt, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer believes there...

President Joe Biden has signed what may well end up being the biggest accomplishment of his presidency, an enormous $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. W...

There were front-page articles in the Olean Times Herald, on March 9 and 11, reporting on direct COVID-19 aid of about $30 million that Cattaraugus Co...

The leading theory about why renewable energy projects were not being built places the blame on rural opposition. The theory is that the projects are ...

SALAMANCA — For those prepared to follow the COVID safety guidelines and enter at their own risk, the city’s parks and playgrounds will be open to the...

OLEAN — City officials are more than happy to accept $1.47 million in federal COVID-19 relief. During a budget discussion Tuesday, Mayor Bill Aiello a...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Alumni and friends of St. Bonaventure University and Siena College will go head-to-head in the Franciscan Faceoff, a friendly fundra...