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    The fall of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    The fall of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House
    Oct 04, 2023
    In January, after 14 failed roll call votes — during each of which he got fewer votes than Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — Republican Kevin McCarthy...
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    Schumer to lead a bipartisan delegation of senators to Asia
    News, NY State News
    Schumer to lead a bipartisan delegation of senators to Asia
    MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press 
    Oct 03, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to China next week, traveling to the country amid h...
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    Feinstein was a giant of the Senate
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Feinstein was a giant of the Senate
    Oct 01, 2023
    California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death Thursday at age 90 ends a remarkable political career that saw her break one glass ceiling after another. Fir...
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    This is why we’re cynical about politics
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    This is why we’re cynical about politics
    CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
    Sep 29, 2023
    ALBANY (TNS) — Americans dislike politicians and politics. That’s hardly shocking, I know, but the stark findings in a new Pew report suggest our disi...
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    Sen. Borrello takes to court on issues
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    Sen. Borrello takes to court on issues
    Sep 29, 2023
    State Sen. George Borrello is turning into the litigious lawmaker all of a sudden. Twice in the span of three days it was Borrello’s legal arguments m...
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    Zerbian receives State Senate Woman of Distinction Award
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    Zerbian receives State Senate Woman of Distinction Award
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Sep 29, 2023
    ELLICOTTVILLE — Tina Zerbian, CEO of Connecting Communities in Action, received the Woman of Distinction Award for 2023 in the 57th Senate District Th...
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    NY Dems’ latest bid to lock in power
    NY Dems’ latest bid to lock in power
    Sep 28, 2023
    Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Democrats are once again snubbing voters and flouting the state Constitution, this time with their new “mail-in-on-dema...
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    Borrello joins colleagues in cannabis letter to Hochul
    Local News, News
    Borrello joins colleagues in cannabis letter to Hochul
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Sep 26, 2023
    State Sen. George Borrello joined 69 fellow senators and assemblymen Tuesday in sending a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to sign the Cannabis ...
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    Suited for the job: If you want to be a US senator, dress the part
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Suited for the job: If you want to be a US senator, dress the part
    LEONARD GREENE New York Daily News 
    Sep 25, 2023
    NEW YORK (TNS) — In a world where war is waging, disease is ravaging, poverty is crippling and homelessness is out of control, does it really matter a...
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    ‘President Romney’ might have had a ring to it after all
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    ‘President Romney’ might have had a ring to it after all
    PATRICIA MURPHY Tribune News Service 
    Sep 18, 2023
    I first covered U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney in 2012, when he was “former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney,” then running for president. At the time, he was so...
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    Senator calls for first-ever hearing over NY cannabis rollout
    News, NY State News
    Senator calls for first-ever hearing over NY cannabis rollout
    SEAN TEEHAN syracuse.com 
    Sep 07, 2023
    SYRACUSE (TNS) — New York lawmakers will hold a fact-finding hearing next month to address the state’s troubled rollout of its legal cannabis industry...
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    Senators announce aid for Allegany, Randolph emergency services
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    Senators announce aid for Allegany, Randolph emergency services
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Sep 07, 2023
    U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Thursday announced $3.56 million in federal funding for several fire depart...
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    Congress faces familiar shutdown drama
    Commentary, Nation World
    Congress faces familiar shutdown drama
    Sep 07, 2023
    Members of Congress returned to the U.S. Capitol this week after their August recess facing a familiar predicament of their own making: They are runni...
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    State & Union: Former Castle restaurant ‘a wild place to work’
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    State & Union: Former Castle restaurant ‘a wild place to work’
    Aug 26, 2023
    Reading references of Butch Butchello and the former Castle restaurant in State & Union remind John Wepasnick of his good ol’ days working at the popu...
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    Hochul’s lessons after two years on job
    Commentary, Daily Headlines, New York
    Hochul’s lessons after two years on job
    Aug 25, 2023
    It was Aug. 24, 2021, that, in the wake of Andrew Cuomo’s meltdown, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul became Gov. Hochul, to shape her own record and legacy in Ne...
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    Delevan, other NY fire companies receive federal funds
    Local News
    Delevan, other NY fire companies receive federal funds
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Aug 22, 2023
    DELEVAN — New York’s two U.S. senators announced $3.64 million in federal funding for fire departments across Upstate New York, including funds to the...
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    GOP race not quite as over as it looks
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    GOP race not quite as over as it looks
    RICH LOWRY 
    Aug 22, 2023
    If it “got late early” in the old majestic Yankee Stadium with its long shadows, as the famous Yogi Berra quote had it, it’s gotten late before about ...
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    Lawmakers join in rally against wind turbines in Lake Erie
    News, Western New York
    Lawmakers join in rally against wind turbines in Lake Erie
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Aug 22, 2023
    IRVING — Several state, local and federal representatives spoke out over the weekend on what they called the negative environmental and economic impac...
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    Democrats discover retail theft is a problem
    Commentary, Nation World
    Democrats discover retail theft is a problem
    Aug 08, 2023
    Congressional Democrats returned home last week to tout new federal legislation intended to stop a surge in retail theft. It’s an interesting concept,...
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    Senators urge leaders to save hospitals from Medicaid cuts
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    Senators urge leaders to save hospitals from Medicaid cuts
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 04, 2023
    U.S. senators are urging their leadership to address impending Medicaid cuts that would have a negative impact Olean General Hospital and Bradford Reg...
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    Iran can’t have nuclear weapons
    June 16, 2025
    Promising an apocalypse by the ayatollahs who were getting ever closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon to carry out that diabolical wish, Israel had eve...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: Americans face a choice at the ballot box
    June 16, 2025
    Growing up, my family was destitute. If not for food stamps, we would have had little food — even so, there were times when our refrigerator was empty...
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    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    Commentary, Opinion
    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    By SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    June 16, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — President Donald Trump is enforcing immigration law, and for the first time in many decades immigration enforcement does not resem...
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    Belfast celebrates reopening of County Road 26 bridge
    Local News, News
    Belfast celebrates reopening of County Road 26 bridge
    By Olean Times Herald staff 
    June 16, 2025
    BELFAST — A newly constructed and reopened bridge on County Road 26 in the town of Belfast has been named the William “Bill” A. Nichols Bridge. Allega...
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    Donald L. Thierman, Sr.
    Donald L. Thierman, Sr.
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    Donald L. Thierman, Sr. OLEAN --- Donald L. Thierman, Sr., 86, passed away peacefully Friday (June 13, 2025) at The Pines of Olean. Born August 14, 19...
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