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SYRACUSE (TNS) — Several Upstate New Yorkcounties want to hire state correctional officers fired for striking, but they haven’t been able to because g...

State Sen. George Borrello also joined members of the Senate Republican Conference in sending a letter to Washington requesting an investigation of th...

The warning signs on New York’s dashboard keep flashing “Pay Attention.” Pay attention to the financial industry, an industry on which the state’s fis...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building — originally built as a memorial to Civil War veterans — has been recommended ...

OLEAN — In a narrow 4-3 vote, city officials authorized using eminent domain to help clear up real estate matters at the Olean Center Mall in hopes th...

Kathy Hardiman’s commentary in the March 6 edition of the Olean Times Herald is a typical example of the progressive left's unthinking overreaction to...

ALBANY — As Washington contemplates cutbacks to federal funding for Medicaid, officials in Albany have reacted in two self-contradictory ways. On one ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, in a rare interview, denounced the idea of impeaching judges when political leaders disagree with their rulin...

Cattaraugus County Attorney Ashley Smith has earned three additional endorsements from local police agencies in her campaign for district attorney in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state's top court put an end Thursday to New York City's effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. In a 6...

The country’s political and economic instability, combined with its citizens’ anger and dissatisfaction with the state of the country, enables a chari...

March Madness still afflicts the Empire State’s politics, as Gov. Kathy Hochul has doubled back to Elise Stefanik’s soon-to-be empty congressional sea...

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deporta...

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a six-month spending bill Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the meas...

Republicanshave rightfully criticizedDemocratsin recent years for leaning on theSupreme Courtin an effort to intimidate the justices into supporting a...

New York's U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, took a step from the brink of a government shutdown Thursday, saying he's r...

DETROIT (TNS) — An acquaintance who worked in the first Trump administration offers some insight into the president's decision-making process. While m...

Elon Musk’sDepartment of Government Efficiency(DOGE) is set to shut down 47 Social Security Administrationfield offices nationwide — and three in New ...