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WASHINGTON (TNS) — My prediction that President Joe Biden would drop out was a rare bright spot among last year’s not totally serious predictions. Und...

ALBANY — Gov.Kathy Hochulsigned the Child Poverty Reduction Act three years ago, setting the ambitious target of cuttingNew York'schild poverty rates ...

OLEAN — Those staying in Olean hotels and other short-term rentals will see their final bills go up 5% in 2025. The Common Council unanimously approve...

State Assemblyman-elect Joe Sempolinski, who will be sworn into office Jan. 7 in Albany, has been named the ranking Republican member of the Assembly'...

Local sales tax receipts continued to fluctuate in November, state officials said Tuesday. The Office of the State Comptroller reported that sales tax...

ALBANY (TNS) — Cannabis processors and cultivators are urging Gov.Kathy Hochulto sign a bill that would restructure their tax filings to be on an annu...

David Walkerran the Government Accountability Office for a decade, under both a Republican and Democratic president. Elected officials should take him...

After weeks of fear and bewilderment about the drones buzzing over parts of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer urged the federal governm...

Among the more outlandish claims that Democrats and progressives made when Donald Trump first ran for president back in 2016 was that he would, as an ...

OLEAN — No formal action was taken on a hotel bed tax after an empty public hearing Tuesday. No one spoke during a public hearing on Tuesday before th...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two undefeated football teams from private Catholic schools battled it out for a New York state public high school championship Saturda...

A bill on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk would require the details of all emergency contracts let by the state to be publicly posted. Such contracts are exe...

The U.S. House unanimously passed Rep. Nick Langworthy’s legislation that will require federal agencies to share custom-developed source code, elimina...

ALBANY — Supportive housing is a lifeline for thousands of New Yorkers who benefit from having staff and services onsite where they live, but advocate...

NEW YORK (TNS) — In announcing the nomination ofLinda McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive, to his cabinet, President-electDonald Trumpp...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is recruiting its next class of state park police officer trainees to serve t...

NEW YORK (TNS) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed several pieces of legislation this week as part of an ongoing effort to fight crime and keep New Yo...

OLEAN — “The hard part is over” in enacting a city hotel bed tax, city officials reported. On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S6671, whic...