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WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official o...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — No matter what verdict the jury delivers in Donald Trump 's trial on business fraud charges in New York, one outcome is predictable:...

BELMONT — Allegany County is asking for proposals for a comprehensive sewer study, which will analyze the conditions of the existing municipal sewer s...

IRVING — At a regular session of the Tribal Council on April 13, the council passed a resolution setting July 12 as the date of a referendum to determ...

Law enforcement officers locally and across the state will ramp up DWI patrols starting today as part of the annual STOP-DWI New York campaign. The ca...

The owner of seven unlicensed cannabis shops in New York whose promotions included an Easter egg hunt has been fined more than $15 million after state...

SALAMANCA — Seneca Gaming Corporation Thursday announced the company’s Board of Directors selected officers for 2024-25 at its recent annual meeting. ...

The International Criminal Court has taken the dangerous concept of moral relativism to new depths. On Monday, the prosecutor for the ICC announced he...

Andrew Cuomo scored a significant win last week when a New York appellate court ruled that the state’s ethics commission is unconstitutional. The form...

Other districts in Allegany and Cattaraugus counties reported their budgets passed in Tuesday’s statewide school votes and announced winners of their ...

ALBANY — The New York state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to explicitly allow evidence of prior sexual offenses in sex crimes cases, a move to cha...

Several police departments and the two sheriff’s offices in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties will collectively receive more than $900,000 in funding ...

A recent court ruling highlights the dangers of forcing taxpayers to fund political campaigns. Progressives pushing such schemes under the guise of el...

Playing the Veepstakes guessing game is often a losing one for analysts. Vice-presidential selection is ultimately a highly personal choice, and it is...

ALBANY — New York can continue to require companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions, the state’s highest court rule...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Credit card late fees should be capped at $8, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urges, after the U.S. Supreme Court found the fede...

Congressman Nick Langworthy says numerous policy priorities that benefit farmers in Western New York are included in the House Committee on Agricultur...

OLEAN — The opportunity to pass a $56.17 million budget with a 1% increase in the tax levy will be presented to voters of the Olean City School Distri...