News, NY State News
Jan 18, 2023
ALBANY (TNS)— Staff members of the state Assembly have announced their intent to form a union, hoping to get Democratic leaders in the Legislature to ...
News, NY State News, Western New York
Jan 14, 2023
Alle-Catt Wind Energy filed an application this week with the New York State Siting Board seeking authorization to use bigger wind turbines and taller...
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Jan 03, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — After former Cohoes Mayor Shawn M. Morse pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in August 2019, the situation unsettled his colleag...
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Jan 02, 2023
ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on Sunday, making history as the first woman elected to the position in th...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 28, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — While much of today’s column will be about the massively generous pay raise state lawmakers gave themselves, I thought I’d start with a...
NY State News
Dec 26, 2022
ALBANY — A handful of familiar fights and recurring themes will be at the heart of the upcoming legislative session as Gov. Hochul enters her first fu...
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Dec 24, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — The comforting memories of a late-night slice at Paesan’s Pizza on Ontario Street brought the Republican gubernatorial nominee back to ...
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Dec 24, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — As state lawmakers voted Thursday to boost their own pay during a special legislative session, their staff members — often deemed the b...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
Dec 23, 2022
New York state lawmakers gave themselves a nice Christmas present Thursday: a 29% pay raise that would make them the nation’s highest-paid state legis...
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Dec 22, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Lawmakers could head to the state Capitol as early as today to consider adding another $32,000 to their annual salaries — while placing...
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Dec 19, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Advocates and progressive lawmakers are renewing their push for legislation that would grant New York renters more protections as Gov. ...
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Dec 13, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — A Brooklyn lawmaker is looking to Texas as he wants to make it easier for New Yorkers to sue oil and gas companies and hold them accoun...
Cattaraugus County, News
Oct 13, 2022
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers approved $85,000 in budgeted funds Wednesday for the city of Olean to use for Olean Municipal Airport imp...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Oct 04, 2022
There’s a lot of hyperbole in the opposition to gun control, where seemingly every regulation is a “gun grab” and every lawmaker who proposes one is “...
Sep 25, 2022
I heard John Mayer’s “Daughters” playing in the grocery store recently, and though it had been years since I listened to the 2003 classic, the chorus ...
Cattaraugus County, News
Sep 15, 2022
LITTLE VALLEY — County lawmakers urged the state to hold off on a proposal to increase regulation on cemeteries, citing the high cost of compliance fo...
Aug 11, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — When it comes to autonomous vehicles, there isn't just one way to go about safety. State regulators draft legislation. Independent ...
Allegany County News, News
Aug 11, 2022
BELMONT — The Allegany County Office for the Aging, Age-Friendly Allegany County and county lawmakers will host 13 town hall sessions across the count...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
