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Voters in most Allegany County villages will go to the polls on Tuesday, but only unopposed races on every ballot. The villages of Andover, Angelica a...

ALBANY (TNS) — Lawmakers could head to the state Capitol as early as today to consider adding another $32,000 to their annual salaries — while placing...

With Republicans gaining control of the House of Representatives, the federal government again will be “gridlocked,” as critics call it. Democrats sti...

Rep. Joe Sempolinski, R-Canisteo, expressed concern this week after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended COVID-19 vaccin...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — With Election Day two weeks away, Republican prospects of taking control of the House of Representatives, already strong, appear to...

Time and time again during the pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, invoked special executive powers in the name of a hea...

For years, supporters of Donald Trump have alleged a vast news media conspiracy to cover up the alleged corrupt activities of Hunter Biden, President ...

President Biden finally dared to say it last week, declaring in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the “pandemic is over.” Various public-health ...

The Court of Appeals’ refusal to reveal the vote for an acting chief judge is unbefitting an open justice system. Imagine if an election was held and ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Spotted lanternflies don't bite, sting or transmit human diseases. Although considered harmful to some tree species, their degree o...

Show me a bully, I’ll show you a crybaby. Few events have demonstrated the accuracy of that observation like the caterwauling on the right in response...

Show me a bully, I’ll show you a crybaby. Few events have demonstrated the accuracy of that observation like the caterwauling on the right in response...

Harriet Hageman is the environmental lawyer who defeated incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney by a landslide in Wyoming’s much-watched Republican House primary. ...

Never mind that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the lead sponsor. Never mind that 68% of Americans support legalizing marijuana , a figure tha...

BELVIDERE — Thirteen area boys left for a week-long boot camp in democracy Sunday morning as they boarded a bus for the American Legion’s 2022 Boys St...

So, here's my question for the MAGA crowd — one of several related questions, actually: When was America last great, and what was great about it? Also...

ALBANY (TNS)— After Sunday's racist massacre,Kathy Hochulblamed social media. The governor, speaking inBuffalo, said the companies that own online pla...

From moonshine in teacups to the whirlybirds of the future, from the start of urban renewal demolitions to a gamble on city finances, here’s a look ba...