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ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the framework of a $237 billion budget that includes broad plans to drive new housing construc...

Democrats have a tendency to elevate short-term political gain above more comprehensive strategies — sometimes with results they later regret. Harry R...

ALBANY (TNS) — A new state law banning the slaughter of all horses for human or animal consumption went into effect this week and the lawmakers and ad...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — How grotesque to watch long-term U.S. security interests hang on the outcome of a political battle between the Hamlet-like speake...

ALBANY — New York’s state budget is poised for another delay as backroom negotiations over a sweeping proposal to drive new housing construction conti...

ALBANY — New York towns and villages that have post-Prohibition bans on alcohol sales would be forced to lift such restrictions under a bill moving th...

BELMONT — Allegany County lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bond issue of up to $8 million to fund costs of a new Department of Public Works facility ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Sen. Chuck Schumer on Tuesday slammed former President Donald Trump for his new position on abortion as Republicans continued to squa...

Recently, Sen. Bernie Sanders, socialist gadfly, proposed that the U.S. federal government should mandate a four-day, 32-hour work week. Before we con...

On the evening of March 30, Chemung County Sheriff’s Investigator Mike Theetge, in pursuit of a suspect in a retail theft operation at a Target store ...

Keith Swartz of Fillmore was one of 20 new graduates of the 18th Basic School of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservat...

WELLSVILLE — On advice from the state, the Allegany County Board of Legislators is looking at ways to even up the county’s five legislative districts....

New York lawmakers gave themselves more time to negotiate the state budget by voting Thursday to temporarily extend the deadline for the final spendin...

ALBANY — A little-known and rarely enforced law from 1907 that makes adultery a crime in the state of New York could soon be a thing of the past, afte...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy sat down earlier this week for an interview with the Olean Times Herald on a variety of topics ranging from Ukraine and Isra...

A little-noticed provision in lawmakers’ budget proposals would also be the most costly: their change to state retirement rules would slam New York ta...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office was commended Wednesday by County Legislature Chairman Andrew Burr on its recent reaccreditati...

ALBANY — New York’s state budget deadline will be pushed back to next week as negotiations over housing and education are ongoing, Gov. Kathy Hochul s...