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For more than two years now, Republicans have been predicting that President Joe Biden’s big-spending policies will crash the U.S. economy into recess...

OLEAN — Polls will be open Tuesday for the annual Olean Public Library budget vote, while two seats on the library’s board are on the ballot as well. ...

As rank-and-file state lawmakers are muddling around while the governor and state legislative leaders are off in some secret lair trying to figure out...

ALBANY (TNS) — Is Florida eating New York’s lunch? That was the topic of a recent debate featuring conservative commentator Reihan Salam and former Ne...

NEW YORK — Two men were arrested Monday on charges that they helped establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese govern...

ALBANY (TNS) — During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of New Yorkers enrolled in Medicaid were shielded from losing access to their health coverage. T...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy has introduced the Protect Local Taxpayers Act in response to what he said is Gov. Kathy Hochul’s fiscal year 2024 budget pr...

OLEAN — Almost two dozen public car charging stations are expected to come to the downtown corridor thanks to almost half a million in state aid. Gov....

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul says the state will stockpile the medication mifepristone in light of last week’s ruling by a judge in Texas invalida...

ALBANY (TNS) — A broad coalition of environmentalists and climate activists are battling Gov. Kathy Hochul over what they say are last-minute changes ...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Ellicottville Central School District Board of Education will convene a meeting/budget work session at 6 p.m. April 11 in the high...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — New York will receive a $100 million grant from the federal government for a broadband expansion that would bring high-speed intern...

From hunting for highwaymen to “The King of Glory,” from local reaction to the Wounded Knee standoff to getting Dal-Tile back up and running, here’s a...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont — The immigration deal announced Friday by U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to shut dow...

To promote industrial wind and solar, how far will we go? A proposal in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget would deny municipalities a role in appraising indu...

ALBANY (TNS) — A bill that would authorize “overdose prevention centers” was passed by the state Assembly’s health committee earlier this week, giving...

ALBANY — New York authorities would be given expanded power to shut down illegal pot shops and levy fines of up to $200,000 under legislation proposed...

It’s been two decades since, on March 19, 2003, United States forces invaded Iraq. President George W. Bush ordered the invasion to neutralize what he...