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September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 16, 2020
Give bipartisan supermajorities in the House and Senate credit for passing a defense spending bill that outright ignores juvenile and divisive demands...
News, NY State News
Dec 15, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — A new law in New York blocks federal immigration enforcement officials from making arrests at courthouses without a judicial warrant. G...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 08, 2020
President Donald Trump came to office unencumbered by close study of our founding documents. From the start, there was only one bit of the Constitutio...
News, NY State News
Nov 29, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — Reducing the use of solitary confinement in prisons could saveNew Yorkand its localities $132 million annually over the next 10 years, ...
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Nov 29, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — Saying it would be cost-prohibitive, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have required permits to alter some 40,0...
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Nov 27, 2020
A federal court judge in Buffalo issued a preliminary injunction last week against the state’s effort to keep live music venues closed because of coro...
News, NY State News, Western New York
Nov 26, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court has barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by C...
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Nov 18, 2020
ALBANY — The National Rifle Association is banned from marketing insurance in New York for five years and will pay $2.5 million to settle an investiga...
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Nov 16, 2020
JOHNSTOWN — Concern that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Thanksgiving executive order is overreach and is “scaring the hell out of people,” Fulton County Sheri...
Allegany County News, Local News, Western New York
Nov 13, 2020
To honor and recognize veterans in Livingston County, state Sen. George M. Borrello announced that Route 63 in the Town of Dansville will be renamed t...
Local News, News
Nov 11, 2020
OLEAN — After years of false starts, city officials have approved a new noise ordinance. On Tuesday, the Olean Common Council approved a revision to C...
Local Columnists, New York
Nov 09, 2020
ALBANY (AP) — Although no statewide offices were on the ballot in the general election, numerous candidates for legislative seats this year framed the...
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Nov 06, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s coronavirus fiscal crunch could spark renewed interest in legal weed. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday the Empire State’s mas...
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Oct 31, 2020
ALBANY (AP) — Disturbed by legislation restricting the use of cash bail at criminal arraignments, New York police unions have reached for their wallet...
Local News, Nation, NY State News
Oct 22, 2020
WASHINGTON (TNS) — New legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand aims to tackle health disparities in communities of color, the LGBTQ comm...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Oct 17, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett acquitted herself very well at her confirmation hearings, which means, quite often, she refused to answer questions. Barrett is an e...
Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
Oct 17, 2020
Few moments in life are as breathtaking as the birth of a child. Our moment came in 2008. Tiny, at only 5 1/2 pounds, our little girl arrived in early...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Oct 14, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett has accomplished many things in her career. Becoming an authority or a policy maker on healthcare isn’t one of them. At Notre Dame, ...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
What makes you nostalgic? Now it’s true, nostalgia can be a downer for some. It can be a longing for long-gone moments you’ll never get back — and mak...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
There were at least 235,502 retirees across the country who collected a public pension of $100,000 or more in 2024 — costing taxpayers $30.6 billion —...
Allegany County News, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
BELFAST — Armstrong presents the 6th annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 6661 Route 305, featuring free fun for everyone. This yea...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Republican rush to add congressional seats in Texas and other red states reflects the bipartisan consensus that the main 2026 b...
Local News, News
October 1, 2025
OLEAN — St. Joseph’s Maronite Church will hold its Oktoberfest celebration 2-8 p.m. Saturday in the hall at 1102 Walnut St. Oktoberfest will feature G...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
Nine years ago, progressives wanted James Comey strung up in the public square. Today, he’s their cause celebre. How times change. In 2016, Democrats ...
