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Don’t waste opioid funds
Local Columnists, New York
May 08, 2021
We can’t say we didn’t see this coming: New York has put the first millions of dollars of opioid settlement money into its general fund, to be spent o...
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Pork by any other name
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 06, 2021
Whether you call them member items, community projects or earmarks, it’s all fundamentally the same thing: pork-barrel spending. And it’s coming back ...
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The dollar sign president
Local Columnists, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 05, 2021
So far, the defining word of the Biden era is “trillion.” The Joe Biden who portrayed himself as a moderate, old-school, bipartisan dealmaker during t...
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Salamanca has dedicated hoops season to Chase
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Mar 18, 2021
SALAMANCA — After the loss of a beloved assistant coach, the Salamanca girls basketball team dedicated its 2021 season to the late Mark Chase. On Satu...
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Billion-dollar back door
Local Columnists, New York
Jan 15, 2021
How does a state that isn’t supposed to borrow money without voter approval still manage to borrow billions every year? When even New York legislators...
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Curb standardized testing in US
Local Columnists, Nation World
ANDREA GABOR Tribune News Service 
Dec 28, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary, Miguel Cardona, will face a host of pandemic-related challenges that have disproportionat...
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Take the vaccine
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 17, 2020
On Monday, the first health care workers rolled up their sleeves and accepted a shot in the arm of the Pfizer/ BioNTech cocktail that offers hope agai...
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