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ALBANY — Farmers from Cattaraugus County Farm Bureau returned from Albany this week after visiting with lawmakers to highlight New York Farm Bureau’s ...

ALBANY (TNS) — As New York works to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, a growing number of advocates are calling on the state to go one step furth...

LITTLE VALLEY — On Wednesday, Cattaraugus County lawmakers will review a resolution asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reconsider plans to shift Medicaid cos...

WASHINGTON — Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two members of the state Legislature are launching a new effort to try to figure out why so many people are leaving New York. Republica...

ALBANY (TNS) — A pair of New York lawmakers are renewing an effort to crackdown on drunk driving by lowering the legal blood-alcohol content in the st...

ALBANY — Assemblyman Joseph Giglio said Assembly Republicans made a good choice in naming William Barclay of Pulaski the new minority leader. Barclay ...

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo releases his proposals for the legislative session, Republican state lawmakers representing Cattaraugus and Allegany counties are...

OLEAN — James J. Snyder has been a staple in Olean and Cattaraugus County politics since 1962 when he was first elected to the Olean Common Council fr...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers will hold their last scheduled meeting of 2019 on Wednesday. For several legislators, it will be their la...

ALBANY — With more and more New Yorkers working in the “gig economy,” state lawmakers during the upcoming legislative session will be jockeying to off...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers approved several youth-related resolutions at Tuesday’s meeting, including a Truancy Prevention Program t...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the $250.6 million Cattaraugus County budget for 2020. It carries a 51...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers met in closed-door session with their attorney Wednesday to review the investigation stemming from sexual...

ALBANY — Taking a cue from several other states, lawmakers in New York are proposing a ban on the use of drones for hunting. Drones — or unmanned aeri...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Emergency Services showed off its new mobile command center to county lawmakers last week. Only a few months old, t...

ALBANY — A pair of state lawmakers all too familiar with the devastating effects of smoking are looking to stub out menthol cigarettes for good. Sen. ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — “Shocked.” “Disheartened.” “Disgusted.” Those were some of the words used in area party leaders’ reactions to reports that state lawma...