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BELMONT — Allegany County legislators voiced their displeasure with COVID-19-related shutdowns as local cases continued to dwindle Tuesday. During a C...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday he is easing some pandemic restrictions in Philadelphia and the heavily populated suburbs on June 5, ...

ALBANY (TNS ) — In the two months since Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency on March 7, he has invoked the powers of his office to issu...

ALBANY (AP) — The hottest controversy at the statehouse for the first two months of the year — the fight over how much leeway judges should have to lo...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday set May 8 as the date he wants to begin easing some pandemic restrictions, saying Pennsylvania had made suff...

ALBANY (TNS) — A New York lawmaker wants to expand access to unemployment benefits as the state sees a deluge of out of work applicants due to the cor...

FARMERSVILLE — The Farmersville Town Board passed a Wind Energy Facilities Law Monday night after nearly an hour of comments during a “virtual public ...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Monday announced legislation that would provide farmers who have taken out loans from the USDA’s Farm Services Agency ...

WARREN — An Allegheny National Forest closure order prohibits all fires and overnight camping while mandating a group-size limitation of 10 people or ...

Three Upstate New York cities have begun curfews to try and get people to comply with social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Press Repub...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state is not likely to authorize marijuana for adult use as part of its budget process, dealing a b...

ALBANY — With the COVID-19 crisis dominating the public’s attention as the state approaches its April 1 budget deadline, state Sen. George Borrello wa...

State Sen. George Borrello believes a paid-leave bill pushed through by New York Democrats and signed by the governor Wednesday will amplify the finan...

The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation’s annual ban on residential brush burning will begin March 16 and run through May 14. The ...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Planning Board has green-lighted the proposed 2020 Freedom Wind Energy Facility Law. The new majority on the Fr...

BUFFALO — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand stopped in Western New York Friday to tout legislation meant to protect jobs by denying tax benefits to compani...

LITTLE VALLEY — A state Supreme Court judge heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by Alle-Catt Wind Energy LLC against the town of Freedom. Atto...

An arbitrary cutoff date in December for comments on Alle-Catt Wind Energy’s application for a 340-megawatt wind farm could mean more-restrictive wind...