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NIAGARA FALLS (TNS) — There is general agreement that New York state needs to expand the number of Supreme Court justices to tackle a mammoth backlog ...

Rep. Nicholas Langworthy claims the GOP budget “eliminates waste, fraud and abuse” while protecting programs like Medicaid. But the “historic savings”...

President Donald Trump is often in the headlines for the millions of dollars taxpayers spend to fund his golf trips, but he’s far from the only one en...

ALBANY (TNS) — Amid projections for New York to lose at least two more congressional seats after the 2030 census count, a bill that would create a sta...

LITTLE VALLEY — Kelly Reed, deputy administrator for Cattaraugus County, has been selected as the county’s next administrator upon the retirement of J...

WELLSVILLE — Chickens were back on the agenda for Tuesday’s village board meeting — but it was the serving of, not the raising of fowl. In April, the ...

The process of crafting and passing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, insofar as most people enjoy eating sausage, but virtually ...

OLEAN — New, lower tax bills will be coming to city taxpayers — and they will have some extra time to pay without penalty. The Common Council unanimou...

CATTARAUGUS — The village of Cattaraugus will hold its first Local Planning Committee (LPC) meeting for the Cattaraugus Downtown Revitalization Initia...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two potential New York gubernatorial challengers helped negotiate a federal provision to quadruple the contentious $10,000 cap on the a...

DEAR RUSTY: I just turned 65 years old in February. I need to sign up for Social Security but don’t even know where to start. — Seeking Assistance DEA...

Republicans on Thursday shepherded President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the House, using their slim majority. Every Democrat voted a...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years a...

ALBANY (TNS) — U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik is the early favorite among Republicans to be their party’s nominee in next year’s race for governor, accordin...

OLEAN — In a brief and cordial meeting Wednesday evening, two new members were sworn in to serve on the Olean City School District Board of Education....

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy on Wednesday introduced legislation meant to reform New York’s liability law on federally funded projects, which he says wou...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — I’ve often railed at Democrats’ failure to revamp federal immigration law during the two years President Joe Biden enjoyed a Democr...

OLEAN — A discrepancy in city of Olean property owners’ tax bills should be corrected to reflect a 6.2% tax increase in the budget approved in April, ...