local government

Almost 300 local elected positions will be on ballots across the region this November. More than 130 county- and municipal-level posts will be up for ...

Now that quiet has returned to the evening, late night and early morning, and the family dog has emerged from hiding following the barrage of Independ...

Six local governments will receive aid to improve wastewater treatment systems, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The governments include the city o...

There have been lots of frightening things going on in the country. What is most scary, though, is the vast spending that our federal government seems...

Local government sales tax collections in July increased by 21.2% over the same month in 2020, marking the fourth consecutive month that collections e...

New York senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand touted Saturday’s passage of the massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bil l, giving Presiden...

ALBANY (TNS) — If COVID-19 is well controlled, schools in New York should push to reopen five days a week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. “The local g...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to New York’s congressional Democrats asserting the state’s deficit troubles have been “ad...

For a bill that’s supposed to rescue struggling Americans and boost the economy in the midst of a worsening pandemic, the 11th-hour deal Congress agre...

With the first Americans finally getting vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, it might be tempting to believe the end of the pandemic is at hand....

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed continued to push for a bipartisan $908 billion COVID-19 relief package Wednesday as negotiations remained hung up over state and l...

In April, facing a fiscal emergency, New York state imposed a state workforce hiring freeze designed to curb spending. The Division of the Budget rule...

SALAMANCA — As the Common Council held its November meeting on Veterans Day, it only seemed fitting that it began by honoring the city’s oldest living...

NEW YORK (TNS ) — Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday that he will request power from the state to close in-person schools and nonessential busin...

No new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties Monday as Western New York’s positive-test percentage dropped to...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Labor union leaders joined Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday to pen a letter to New York’s congressional delegates urging them to provide...

The coronavirus pandemic has put a big hit on tourism, which is big business in Cattaraugus County and throughout Western New York. Millions in sales ...

New York State County Executives Association members express the dire need for state and local government aid in a new coronavirus relief bill — even ...