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Business News, News

State & Union: Olean gasoline price well past NY average

Jun 08, 2021

New York gasoline prices rose 1.8 cents per gallon in the past week, while Olean’s most-posted price jumped 8 cents per gallon. GasBuddy reported Mond...

Allegany County News, Local News

ACCORD to receive $2.6M for Head Start in Allegany County

Olean Times Herald staff

Jun 22, 2020

BELMONT — Allegany County Community Opportunities and Rural Development (ACCORD) will receive nearly $2.6 million for the Head Start and Early Head St...

Commentary, Nation World, New York

Tax law’s ‘opportunity zones’ won’t create opportunities for the people who need it most

TIMOTHY WEAVER, University at Albany

May 16, 2018

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The latest federal effort to revital...

News

Wages up by most in 8 years as US adds a robust 200K jobs

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer

Feb 02, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a robust 200,000 jobs in January, and wages rose at the fastest pace in more than eight years, encouraging tren...

Commentary, Local Columnists

Supply-side theory not just in Kansas anymore

SHAILENDRA GAJANAN, Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 02, 2017

In 2012, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and fellow Republican lawmakers applied supply-side economics and cut income taxes across the board. The goal was t...

Local News, News

SBU alum named head of Neumann University

Mar 30, 2017

ASTON, Pa. — Dr. Chris E. Domes, who earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees at St. Bonaventure University, has been named president of a Franci...