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ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello has been elevated to ranking member of the Senate Elections Committee and named as a new member of the Committee o...

ALBANY — Two Republican senators representing the Southern Tier joined colleagues Wednesday in unveiling the GOP’s agenda in the Senate for 2024. The ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Weighing looming deficits , New York City's costly asylum seeker challenge and the loss of pandemic-era federal funds , Gov. Kathy Hoch...

LITTLE VALLEY — More than 8,200 homes and businesses across Cattaraugus County lost power from high winds during Tuesday’s storm, with nearly 2,000 ho...

State Sen. George Borrello said the governor failed to address New York’s outmigration problem in her State of the State address on Tuesday, while Ass...

ALBANY (TNS) — The State Legislature may be left to consider whether to adopt congressional boundaries that are very similar to the ones already in pl...

State Sen. George Borrello says legislation signed by the governor that moves New York’s municipal elections to even-numbered years is “another brazen...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — House Republicans plan to flee the Capitol this week for the holidays after almost 12 months in power. And flee they should: If the...

State Sen. George Borrello said a New York Court of Appeals decision that throws out congressional maps drawn by an independent expert and replaced wi...

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted down a resolution from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to withdraw 900 American soldiers from Syria unless Co...

WASHINGTON — George Santos, assuming that’s his real name, is a classic type, and in another era he’d be selling miracle elixirs out of a horse-drawn ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Donald Trump’s name should be excluded from New York’s ballot in next year’s presidential primary and general election for his allege...

JAMESTOWN — A Western New York ambassador for an international organization, the Council for Justice, Equality and Peace, presented a Global Distingui...

ALBANY (TNS) — Shops in New York state that peddle e-bikes would be required to implement enhanced fire safety precautions under a newly introduced bi...

SALAMANCA — State Sen. George Borrello hosted a town hall meeting in the Salamanca High School Auditorium Wednesday where a group of about 30 resident...

ALBANY — New Yorkers who complete their sentences and stay out of trouble for a certain period of time will have their criminal records automatically ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — When U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand first said she would run for her third full term , the announcement prompted a flicker of surprise ...

FORESTPORT (TNS) — Oneida County deputies have identified two men who were killed in an early Saturday morning fire at an Adirondacks hunting camp. Th...