government finances

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...

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...

DEAR RUSTY: My wife and I are collecting Social Security. We both started receiving SS at 62 years old. That said, we get by on a tight budget. A reti...

WELLSVILLE — Inflation and wage increases drive incremental increases in the village of Wellsville's 2025-26 tentative budget, treasurer Melissa Mulle...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — The Spethport Senior Center has announced a couple of upcoming events to assist area seniors. Bob Mecca and Mitchell from LIFT will b...

The warning signs on New York’s dashboard keep flashing “Pay Attention.” Pay attention to the financial industry, an industry on which the state’s fis...

DEAR RUSTY: I have questions concerning the deduction of money from my Social Security benefit amount as it relates to the sale of investment property...

ALBANY — As Washington contemplates cutbacks to federal funding for Medicaid, officials in Albany have reacted in two self-contradictory ways. On one ...

OLEAN — With the deadline about a month away, city officials reviewed 2025–26 budget requests from the assessor’s office and police and fire departmen...

WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville Business Park LLC in the former Dresser-Rand facility on Coats Street is seeking a PILOT for its proposed $1 million infra...

WELLSVILLE — A state program will save the village of Wellsville more than $2.6 million for the new sewage treatment plant. Gov. Kathy Hochul announce...

NEW YORK (TNS) Tens of millions of Americans have already received tax refunds from the federal government, with the average return totaling more than...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Gov.Kathy Hochulis pushing a new idea to make homes more affordable inNew York state. Hochul visitedRochesterrecently to highlight he...

DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...

Elon Musk’sDepartment of Government Efficiency(DOGE) is set to shut down 47 Social Security Administrationfield offices nationwide — and three in New ...

DEAR RUSTY: I hope we haven't made a mistake! My wife just applied for her Social Security benefit. She was born in May 1962, and the estimated amount...