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The wildfires in the West have burned up millions of acres, taken dozens of lives, destroyed thousands of homes, cost enormous amounts of money to com...

OLEAN — Local counties saw sales tax revenues slip again in August, according to state officials. The Office of the State Comptroller reported Thursda...

We had hoped the scenes in downtown Portland, Oregon, Kenosha, Wisconsin, and other cities were not emblematic of the state of the nation in general. ...

We had hoped the scenes in downtown Portland, Oregon, Kenosha, Wisconsin and other cities were not emblematic of the state of the nation in general. L...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Labor union leaders joined Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday to pen a letter to New York’s congressional delegates urging them to provide...

ALBANY (TNS) — Nonprofit associations that support New Yorkers with developmental disabilities say their services face deep cuts along with the potent...

When Andrew Jackson disagreed with a decision of the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice, he reportedly said, “John Marshall has made his decision. Now let ...

In a July 25 Buffalo News article, Jeff Dewart, Wright Ellis and Jim Simon, elected supervisors in the New York towns of Somerset, Cambria and Yates, ...

In Washington and on Wall Street, hopes for full social and economic recovery from the pandemic now hinge on the development of a coronavirus vaccine....

Open records are important or they aren’t. The public has a right to an accountable government or they don’t. It really isn’t a complicated issue. Gov...

New York State County Executives Association members express the dire need for state and local government aid in a new coronavirus relief bill — even ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that President Trump is not sending federal agents to New York City. The president will discuss the deployment of agen...

A new poll finds 62% of New Yorkers think that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is still to come, while only 27% think that the worst is over. A ...

BUFFALO (AP) — Federal prosecutors dropped charges against the driver of a commercial truck found to contain nearly 9,500 pounds of marijuana as it en...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Police reform advocates celebrated the repeal this month of a 44-year-old la w that shielded police disciplinary records from the publ...

ALBANY — Up to 25 people can gather in parts of New York that have entered the third phase of reopening under a revised plan the governor announced Mo...

LITTLE VALLEY — The coronavirus pandemic has put a big dent in Cattaraugus County’s revenue. With New York state looking at a $13 billion budget short...

Memorial Day 2020 may be celebrated differently than in years past. Parades will be minimal, if held at all, picnics will be limited to those at home ...