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ALBANY (TNS) — The odds that New York’s congressional boundaries will be redrawn — yes, again — improved on Thursday following a first-time compromise...

SALAMANCA — The end is in sight for the Salamanca charter commission. After a year of going through the city charter page by page for a complete overh...

ALBANY — New York’s Senate confirmed Rowan Wilson as the state’s first Black chief judge Tuesday, two months after lawmakers dealt Gov. Kathy Hochul a...

ALBANY — Two bills sponsored by Assemblyman Joseph Giglio to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims were considered in the Codes Committ...

ALBANY (TNS) —Senate Republicansare considering filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the governor's recent nomination ofCaitlin Halli...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The bizarre torrent of intelligence documents posted on a gamers’ chat server, allegedly by a 21-year-old National Guard technician...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s budget is late for the fourth year in a row and sources familiar with the ongoing negotiations said they expect there will b...

OLEAN — City officials agreed on a budget during a special meeting Thursday, just a few days shy of the deadline for the spending plan. A pair of 5-2 ...

ELLICOTTVILLE — An open house at the newly renovated Cattaraugus County Cooperative Extension offices and retirement party for outgoing Executive Dire...

OLEAN — Three more meetings have been set to handle the city’s budget before Saturday night’s deadline, but not all of them may be needed. The city’s ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Democrats were chagrined to learn Tuesday the party will have no candidates on the ballot in November for the newly...

ALBANY — Daniel Prude was suffering a mental health crisis when he died during an encounter with the police in Rochester three years ago, spurring wav...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul and fellow Democrats are buying themselves some more time to talk about bail and housing as budget negotiations pick up aga...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday she is nominating Court of Appeals Associate Judge Rowan D. Wilson to become the next chief judge and also...

Between today and April 23, 15 days from now, Gov. Hochul is required by law to nominate one of the seven highly qualified lawyers on a list to be the...

Alvin Bragg, the local district attorney in Manhattan who has led the effort to indict former President Donald Trump, is an elected official. He ran f...

OLEAN — Mayor Bill Aiello cut more than $360,000 from the city’s budget proposal, but property taxes are still expected to be in excess of the state-m...

ALBANY (TNS) — A broad coalition of environmentalists and climate activists are battling Gov. Kathy Hochul over what they say are last-minute changes ...