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ALBANY (TNS) — New York is seven months and nearly $2 billion into a state of emergency in the ongoing migrant crisis. And with no change at the feder...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed legislation that would have widened the net of eligible campaign contributions for matching public funds under...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Was it just a little joke when Orange Jesus declared to Sean Hannity that, in the event of his political resurrection, he would be...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Our National Defense Strategy identifies China as the primary challenge to the United States. To confront this threat successfully,...

My appreciation for our freedom of movement was re-ignited recently when I finished up an engine swap into my rare-but-not-collectable 1995 Ford Thund...

Former President Ronald Reagan once noted, “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.” That’s true, which is why what’s currently happeni...

ALBANY (TNS) — Just over a year ago New York almost ran out of gas. Not the kind you put in your car, but the kind millions of people use to heat thei...

BUFFALO — Gov. Kathy Hochul and Seneca Nation of Indians President Rickey L. Armstrong Sr. met Friday in Buffalo and signed an extension of the curren...

ALBANY (TNS) — Despite efforts by the state Department of Health to inform the public that the pandemic-related pause in Medicaid eligibility checks i...

JAMESTOWN — A Western New York ambassador for an international organization, the Council for Justice, Equality and Peace, presented a Global Distingui...

A study finds that New York’s judges are publishing a mere fraction of their decisions in criminal cases. While there is no branch of government that ...

The writing has been on the wall for the state’s Regents examinations for a couple of years now, so Monday’s release of 12 recommendations by the stat...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Is it possible that Israel could win a military victory in Gaza and still lose the war? I understand the reason for Israel’s inva...

ROCHESTER — State Sen. George Borrello said Monday he and other lawmakers plan to appeal the decision by the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court...

SAVANNAH (AP) — A man on a hunting trip was shot and killed in Western New York on Saturday, the first day of the state’s regular deer and bear huntin...

ALLEGANY — A proposed wind farm development in the town of Allegany has been shelved for the second time in nearly a decade. Terra-Gen LLC, which bega...

ALBANY — U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy has added his voice to those of area state lawmakers asking Gov. Kathy Hochul for an update on a new gaming compact...

WELLSVILLE — After several months, the committee working on the NY Forward $4.5 million grant listed 12 projects to be submitted to the state as hopef...