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    Yes, Jan. 6 was a big deal
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    Yes, Jan. 6 was a big deal
    LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
    Jan 06, 2022
    Democratic strategist James Carville famously coined the phrase “the economy, stupid” during Bill Clinton’s successful White House bid in 1992. On the...
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    Pot, redistricting, COVID aid on Hochul, lawmakers’ agenda
    News
    Pot, redistricting, COVID aid on Hochul, lawmakers’ agenda
    MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press 
    Jan 04, 2022
    ALBANY — New York’s Democrat-controlled Legislature will make key decisions in 2022 on everything from the roll-out of recreational marijuana sales to...
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    New laws for NY in 2022: Ghost guns, robocalls, speed cameras
    News, NY State News
    New laws for NY in 2022: Ghost guns, robocalls, speed cameras
    MARK WEINER syracuse.com 
    Jan 02, 2022
    SYRACUSE (TNS) — New York state lawmakers voted to pass dozens of new laws in the past year that will go into effect in 2022. The laws are aimed at he...
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    Borrello: More hearings on farm worker hours the right move
    Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
    Borrello: More hearings on farm worker hours the right move
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Dec 16, 2021
    State Sen. George Borrello welcomed the state Department of Labor’s decision to delay a finding on the farm labor overtime threshold to allow for a ne...
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    Even with top Dem post, Schumer sticks to annual 62-county tour
    News, NY State News
    Even with top Dem post, Schumer sticks to annual 62-county tour
    PETE DeMOLA Times Union 
    Dec 13, 2021
    SCHENECTADY (TNS) — Saving the best for (nearly) last, Sen. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer touched down in Schenectady on Sunday to close out one ...
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    NY lawmakers begin reading findings from Cuomo probe
    News
    NY lawmakers begin reading findings from Cuomo probe
    MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press 
    Nov 18, 2021
    ALBANY — Members of the New York Assembly’s Judiciary Committee began reading copies of a report on Thursday that delves into allegations against form...
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    State & Union: Turn clocks back 1 hour tonight
    State & Union: Turn clocks back 1 hour tonight
    Nov 06, 2021
    It’s time to fall back, folks. The end of Daylight Saving Time arrives Sunday morning when we turn our clocks back an hour. The change actually happen...
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    Former WNY lawmaker pleads guilty in New Year’s Eve crash
    News, NY State News, Western New York
    Former WNY lawmaker pleads guilty in New Year’s Eve crash
    Nov 01, 2021
    VICTOR (AP) — A former Republican lawmaker who resigned from a leadership post in the New York state Assembly after a drunken-driving arrest pleaded g...
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    Pa. lawmakers push again to change probation system
    Pa. lawmakers push again to change probation system
    RON SOUTHWICK PennLive 
    Oct 27, 2021
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Criminal justice reform advocates and some state lawmakers have been working to change Pennsylvania’s probation system for years, a...
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    Pennsylvania lawmakers allow opioid emergency to lapse
    Pennsylvania lawmakers allow opioid emergency to lapse
    MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press 
    Aug 25, 2021
    Pennsylvania's opioid disaster declaration was set to expire at the end of Wednesday after state lawmakers, newly empowered to help manage statewide e...
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    GOP lawmakers warn of 55-cent gas tax hike with Dems’ environmental legislation
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
    GOP lawmakers warn of 55-cent gas tax hike with Dems’ environmental legislation
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Aug 20, 2021
    Republican members of the New York Senate and Assembly warn that potential impacts of state Democrats’ climate legislation could increase the cost of ...
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    Texas Democrats’ farce
    Local Columnists
    Texas Democrats’ farce
    BYRON YORK 
    Aug 12, 2021
    Remember the Texas Democrats? Last month, 51 Democratic state lawmakers boarded private planes in Austin, headed for Washington, D.C. Their purpose wa...
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    Cuomo digs in, shows no sign of heeding calls to resign
    News
    Cuomo digs in, shows no sign of heeding calls to resign
    MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press 
    Aug 08, 2021
    ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has dug in for the fight of his political life despite the threat of potential criminal investigations and widespr...
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    NY lawmakers pitch extending eviction moratorium to October
    News
    NY lawmakers pitch extending eviction moratorium to October
    MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press 
    Aug 06, 2021
    ALBANY — Two New York lawmakers introduced a bill Friday to extend the state’s eviction moratorium until Oct. 31 in light of the state’s failure to se...
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    Cattaraugus County legislators add $250,000 for cheese plant studies
    Business, Cattaraugus County, News
    Cattaraugus County legislators add $250,000 for cheese plant studies
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Jul 29, 2021
    LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers added $250,000 in funding Wednesday for studies to help determine if a site near Franklinville is suitabl...
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    Fresh start for state universities
    Fresh start for state universities
    Jul 26, 2021
    Change can be hard and it can be scary. But, it also can be promising. Because with change comes opportunity. That’s the spirit that must be tapped as...
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    Lawmakers to Cuomo, Biden: Declare emergency over soaring OD deaths
    News, NY State News
    Lawmakers to Cuomo, Biden: Declare emergency over soaring OD deaths
    BETHANY BUMP Times Union 
    Jul 23, 2021
    ALBANY (TNS) — More than two dozen Democratic state senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week calling for them to ...
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    NY lawmakers pursue unionizing for college athletes
    News, NY State News, Sports
    NY lawmakers pursue unionizing for college athletes
    JOSHUA SOLOMON Times Union 
    Jul 16, 2021
    ALBANY (TNS) — Some Democratic lawmakers are looking to allow student athletes at universities in New York to collectively bargain and form their own ...
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    NY’s Schumer sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers
    News
    NY’s Schumer sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers
    KEVIN FREKING and ALAN FRAM Associated Press 
    Jul 15, 2021
    WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pressured lawmakers Thursday to reach agreement by next week on a pair of massive domestic spending ...
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    Next step in Cuomo impeachment probe: subpoenas to witnesses
    News
    Next step in Cuomo impeachment probe: subpoenas to witnesses
    MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press 
    Jun 30, 2021
    ALBANY — Lawmakers on the New York Assembly’s Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they will issue subpoenas to compel documents and sworn statements fr...
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    Cuba hosts Dairy Days 2025 over the weekend
    Local News, News
    Cuba hosts Dairy Days 2025 over the weekend
    June 16, 2025
    CUBA — The village of Cuba hosted the Dairy Days 2025 celebration over the weekend, which featured the Community Yard Sale throughout the area on Satu...
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    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
    Gallery, News
    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 14, 2025
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    400 turn out in Olean for ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Trump
    Local News, News
    400 turn out in Olean for ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Trump
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    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...
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    Cathy Briggs
    Obituaries
    Cathy Briggs
    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...
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    William S. Clemens
    Obituaries
    William S. Clemens
    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...
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    John R. Cornwall
    Obituaries
    John R. Cornwall
    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...
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