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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address Wednesday was “long, but shorts on facts,” according to Assemblyman Joseph Giglio. “My take-aw...

It was typical Republican rhetoric in the Dec. 26 article on New York state’s budget deficit: “a self-inflicted wound on a bloated and corrupt system....

ALBANY — The Working Families Party isn’t about to throw in the towel. The union-fueled third party says measures meant to boot minor parties from the...

After wishing reporters a “Happy Thanksgiving” Tuesday morning, Rep. Tom Reed touted the House Problem Solvers Caucus role in the recent agreement to ...

ALBANY — The commission rewriting state campaign laws voted 6-3 on Monday to make it substantially more difficult for minor political parties in New Y...

JAMESTOWN — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was at Jamestown Community College Monday to announce her legislation that would prioritize federal investmen...

A coalition of local organizations opposed to the 106-square mile Alle-Catt wind farm proposal took majorities on two host towns and the supervisor’s ...

Two incumbent Republican Cattaraugus County legislators in District 2 are being challenged by two Democratic candidates. Legislators Richard Helmich a...

OLEAN — Ward 4 will have one of the largest fields in a city alderman race in years as four candidates vie for a two-year seat on the Common Council. ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed joined a bipartisan group of House members Tuesday in calling on Twitter to immediately remove all content from foreign terrorist o...

NFIB, the state and the nation’s leading small business advocacy association, announced that its New York political action committee is endorsing Repu...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A new exhibition that opens this fall at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University will help museum visi...

New Yorkers have chosen the state’s new license plate, overwhelmingly favoring a design with images of Niagara Falls, the Adirondack Mountains and the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Dona...

BUFFALO — U.S. Rep. Tom Reed appeared in Buffalo on Tuesday to ask for an FBI investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s role in refusing to repair the New ...

Recently, a fine report by USA Today Network writer Jeff Platsky detailed what daily life confirms — “The Graying of New York State,” sadly and especi...

Area unemployment rates went up slightly in Cattaraugus County and dropped slightly in Allegany County in July, as state and national figures remained...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed ruled out support for an assault weapons ban or limitations on magazine capacity in the wake of the country’s latest mass shootings...