government finances

SYRACUSE (TNS) — New Yorklegislative leaders have reached an agreement on a $254 billion state budget, Gov.Kathy Hochulannounced late Monday. Lawmaker...

ALBANY — A glitch in state insurance law is allowing doctors to collect Medicaid fees that are sometimes hundreds of times higher than the program nor...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said he’s hoping to hold a long-scheduled town hall meeting Thursday in Wellsville — if a state budget is adopted in time....

Roughly 67 million Americans, most of whom are 65 or older, received Social Security benefits in 2023. An estimated 183 million workers paid the Socia...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...

If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...

If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...

OLEAN — A 6.2% tax rate increase to $17.90 per $1,000 of assessed value on a $29,147,462 budget is spelled out in the finalized City of Olean budget t...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature’s all-Democrat majorities still can’t agree on a new state budget, but they’ve shown where they’re headed ...

DEAR RUSTY: I am going to be 67 in a few weeks and I plan on working for another year or two. According to Social Security, they count the best 35 yea...

ALBANY — This year, for once, state lawmakers’ failure to pass a timely budget could prove to be a stroke of luck. When President Donald Trump rolled ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Heading into Tax Day, if you listen to progressive policymakers for a few minutes, you’ll likely hear that few problems on Earth ca...

ALBANY — For the last four years, New York’s small businesses have been shouldering the burden of the Empire State’s pandemic-related Unemployment Ins...

I voted in the election to stop fraud, waste and abuse. I expect our government to run efficiently and I voted for putting Washington on a budget and ...

OLEAN — After a few tweaks, the city’s 2025–26 budget appears to be sailing to a quick approval before the April 15 deadline. Council members in the f...

OLEAN — The Olean Common Council continued to fine-tune the 2025–26 city budget during Tuesday’s finance committee meeting in anticipation of tentativ...

SALAMANCA — Salamanca City Central School officials received the latest look at preparations for the 2025–26 district budget, including about $59.69 m...