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New York’s new public campaign finance system took effect this week with little fanfare, perhaps because few elected officials want to take credit (or...

It was typical Republican rhetoric in the Dec. 26 article on New York state’s budget deficit: “a self-inflicted wound on a bloated and corrupt system....

LITTLE VALLEY — Will Republicans, who now control 12 of the 17 Cattaraugus County Legislature seats, maintain a majority after Tuesday’s elections? Al...

His name is instantly recognized by multiple generations of parents who turned to his book for guidance on raising children. Dr. Benjamin Spock’s “ Th...

LITTLE VALLEY — It’s Sheriffs Week in New York state, marking the contributions made by the office of sheriff in county government and in the statewid...

The New York State Siting Board will conduct two public hearings in the Arcade area Tuesday on the proposed 340-megawatt Alle-Catt Wind Farm. The firs...

Why is the Olean city government determined to ruin Olean? First, you ruin downtown Olean by putting in traffic circles that only back up traffic from...

Even in the wake of its latest free election, held May 8, South Africa is not, on the face of it, a model of vibrant democracy. The country suffers fr...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Convicted perjurer Michael Cohen’s t...

Hoda Muthana left college and her family ties in Alabama four years ago to join the Islamic State. Three husbands later — two of them dead — with ISIS...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed blasted Albany Democrats on Thursday for passing the New York Dream Act, which he said would use taxpayer dollars to pay for illega...

FREEDOM — The developer of the proposed Alle-Catt Wind Farm has scheduled open houses Wednesday and Thursday in Freedom and Centerville respectively. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-ter...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Thursday he’s hoping for an end to the “political theater” accompanying the government shutdown, but offered no hope that it w...

I received an email Thursday from Morris Peters, public information officer with the state Division of the Budget, critical of my story that led the d...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Tuesday he voted against House bills to end the partial government shutdown because they could “not get 60 votes in the Senate...

The media and the political establishment’s excoriation of President Donald Trump for his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from the battlefield of eas...

Because of the impasse over President Trump’s proposed border wall, the American people face the very real prospect of a government shutdown starting ...