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OLEAN — A spending and hiring freeze across city government has been triggered by six-figure sales tax losses. In a letter obtained by the Times Heral...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As the costs of raising a family continue to skyrocket across the state,New York's governor is looking to put thousands of dollars ba...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The housing market appears to be starting 2025 in much the same way as it started 2024, with elevated mortgage rates, low levels of t...

DEAR RUSTY: For most folks collecting Social Security, you get back what you put in within 3-5 years, so for those that scream, “SS is not an entitlem...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” Milton Friedman once said. In other words, don’t blame greed — blame th...

OLEAN — Community Bank announces the promotion of Connor Nolan of Allegany to assistant director of consumer and mortgage ending. In his new position,...

News that President-elect Donald Trump’s team wants to hack away at the forbidding tangle ofU.S.bank regulation is welcome in the abstract. In practic...

As money from opioid settlements began being distributed across the U.S. this May, the Associated Press warned that “local governments may not have th...

Local sales tax receipts continued to fluctuate in November, state officials said Tuesday. The Office of the State Comptroller reported that sales tax...

ALBANY (TNS) — Cannabis processors and cultivators are urging Gov.Kathy Hochulto sign a bill that would restructure their tax filings to be on an annu...

Progressives who argue that “the rich” should pay their “fair share” of income taxes are inadvertently arguing they should get a tax cut. The IRS rece...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to mail $500 checks to millions of households has a problem: the sales tax “surplus” she wants to dish out doesn’t exist. Hoc...

LITTLE VALLEY — A hearing on the proposed Cattaraugus County budget for the 2025 fiscal year will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Lawmakers are expected to...

CLEMSON, S.C. (TNS) — “Here is the reality,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders in his analysis of Donald Trump’s strong electoral victory and support from some...

New York state has issued a warning about health insurance scams intended to steal money or personal information — or both. Health insurance scams spi...

BRADFORD, Pa. — New construction on High Point Federal Credit Union’s new brach in Bradford at 1035 E. Main St. is taking shape. The branch is expecte...

DEAR RUSTY: The Social Security program is funded by employees and their employers. The federal government does not contribute to the program, right? ...

Sales taxes collected at the local level rose at a slower rate in September and the third quarter across the state, Albany’s financial watchdog agency...