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August 29, 2025
FRANKLINVILLE — State environmental officers said immediate changes are needed after a fish kill in Ischua Creek was triggered by pollution from the G...
Local News, News, NY State News
Apr 29, 2025
SYRACUSE (TNS) — New Yorklegislative leaders have reached an agreement on a $254 billion state budget, Gov.Kathy Hochulannounced late Monday. Lawmaker...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Apr 25, 2025
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...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Apr 21, 2025
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....
Business, News
Apr 18, 2025
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...
Opinion, opinion/columns
Apr 17, 2025
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...
Opinion, opinion/columns
Apr 17, 2025
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...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 17, 2025
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...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 17, 2025
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...
Local News, News
Apr 16, 2025
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...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Apr 15, 2025
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 ...
Business, Local News, News
Apr 11, 2025
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...
Commentary, New York
Apr 11, 2025
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 ...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 10, 2025
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...
Commentary, New York
Apr 09, 2025
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...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 08, 2025
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 ...
Local News, News
Apr 05, 2025
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...
Local News
Apr 03, 2025
OLEAN — The Olean Common Council continued to fine-tune the 2025–26 city budget during Tuesday’s finance committee meeting in anticipation of tentativ...
Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Mar 31, 2025
SALAMANCA — Salamanca City Central School officials received the latest look at preparations for the 2025–26 district budget, including about $59.69 m...
Local News, News, NY State News
August 29, 2025
U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has awa...
Local News, News
August 29, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University on Friday welcomed its second-largest class of incoming freshmen over the past two decades to the college...
Business, Local News, News
August 29, 2025
DEAR RUSTY: I plan to stop working very soon. My health is not good. I am 66 years old, born in June 1959, so my full retirement age is 66 years and 1...
Commentary, Opinion
August 29, 2025
I’m guessing you’ve heard of pickleball by now. Maybe you’ve seen it played on a TV sports station, sitcom or commercial, or live at your local YMCA o...
Commentary, Opinion
August 29, 2025
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” nixed a host of green energy handouts created during the Biden administration. In response, advocates f...
Commentary, Opinion
August 29, 2025
Turns out, President Trump is letting retribution be his retribution. The candidate who promised that success would be his best revenge upon his torme...
