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Local unemployment rates continued to drop in April, state officials said, and were lower than a year ago. The state Department of Labor reported that...

Local unemployment decreased in March after steady bumps in January and February, on par with the rates reported a year ago this month, according to s...

A year into the merger of the United Way organizations serving Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, the executive director believes the UW has found its...

Local unemployment rose in November, but with lower rates than a year ago according to state officials. The state Department of Labor this week report...

ALBANY — Public employee unions complained loudly when New York’s state government workforce shrank during the coronavirus pandemic, using that decrea...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President-elect Donald Trump’s economic legacy may well depend on whether he prefers the comparative form of an adjective. Specifical...

Local unemployment rates were down in September as more workers were on the job, the state Department of Labor reported. The Cattaraugus County unempl...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The degrowth movement, which had a moment a few years ago, is over — and not a moment too soon. As nations in Europe and North Americ...

Local unemployment rates remained close to the previous month in August, state Department of Labor officials reported Tuesday. Cattaraugus County’s un...

ALBANY (TNS) — Many Americans are working less than they have in years. The typical U.S. full-time worker now clocks in 41.9 hours per week, an hour-a...

Finding a job is getting a lot harder, and it’s likely to get harder still, but there’s an obvious remedy. The U.S. Federal Reserve needs to cut inter...

Free money makes people less likely to work. If common sense doesn’t convince you of that, a new study should. In July, a National Bureau of Economic ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — New survey results reveal that Americans’ satisfaction with their customer experiences today has fallen to the lowest level in at l...

Area unemployment rates in June stayed relatively flat, mirroring trends at the state and national level. According to the state Department of Labor, ...

Area unemployment dropped below state levels in May, the state Department of Labor reported. The Department of Labor reported the unemployment rate in...

The Biden administration has turned the U.S. labor market into a temporary employment agency for foreigners, leaving American workers behind, and the ...

Area unemployment rates rose in April, while statewide figures declined. The state Department of Labor reported this week that Cattaraugus County’s un...