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    Gillibrand touts bipartisan forest easement bill
    Local News, News
    Gillibrand touts bipartisan forest easement bill
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Aug 03, 2023
    One of New York’s senators has joined with another across the aisle to help preserve working forests the same way farmland is set aside for future gen...
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    Schumer: Olean General, Jones Memorial hospitals to receive millions more through Medicare due to rule change
    Local News, News
    Schumer: Olean General, Jones Memorial hospitals to receive millions more through Medicare due to rule change
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Aug 02, 2023
    OLEAN — More than $1 billion in extra Medicare reimbursements are expected across Upstate New York, and tens of millions are expected across the regio...
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    ‘(I)t’s now the law and I’m bound to follow it’
    Commentary, New York
    ‘(I)t’s now the law and I’m bound to follow it’
    Jul 25, 2023
    The highest judicial authority in New York, the seven-judge Court of Appeals, will be hearing a case from a midlevel Albany appellate panel that wrong...
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    Require SCOTUS ethics code
    Commentary, Nation World
    Require SCOTUS ethics code
    Jul 21, 2023
    Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee offered U.S. Supreme Court justices an opportunity to salvage their standing with the American people on W...
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    Borrello introduces Senate bill to ban public cannabis use
    Local News, News
    Borrello introduces Senate bill to ban public cannabis use
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Jul 20, 2023
    The area’s state senator has backed a plan to make the public use of cannabis a crime after complaints from constituents. State Sen. George Borrello, ...
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    Politicize US defense?! Never!
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Politicize US defense?! Never!
    BYRON YORK 
    Jul 19, 2023
    There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...
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    The Supreme Court’s power trip
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    The Supreme Court’s power trip
    JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
    Jul 14, 2023
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — A 6-3 conservative supermajority has really put the “supreme” in “Supreme Court,” and not in a good way. The court’s major rulings ...
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    When investigators won’t investigate Joe Biden
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    When investigators won’t investigate Joe Biden
    BYRON YORK 
    Jul 13, 2023
    One of the murkier aspects of congressional Republicans’ investigation of President Biden’s financial history concerns an allegation that Biden, when ...
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    Su nomination should be pulled
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Su nomination should be pulled
    Jun 28, 2023
    Four months after President Joe Biden nominated former California Labor Secretary Julie Su to serve as U.S. Labor Secretary, Su’s nomination remains s...
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    Borrello endorsement upends Farmersville supervisor primary
    Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, News
    Borrello endorsement upends Farmersville supervisor primary
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 24, 2023
    FARMERSVILLE — State Sen. George Borrello rarely gets involved in town politics — particularly a Republican primary. This year, however, Borrello, R-S...
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    Rochester-area lawmakers, officials concerned about reported Seneca casino
    Business, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
    Rochester-area lawmakers, officials concerned about reported Seneca casino
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jun 16, 2023
    A diverse gathering of state legislators, social justice advocates, faith leaders, union workers and business people rallied Friday in opposition to w...
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    Gavin Newsom’s 28th Amendment
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Gavin Newsom’s 28th Amendment
    SUSAN SHELLEY 
    Jun 11, 2023
    In George Washington’s farewell address, our nation’s first president spoke about the importance of the people’s power to amend the U.S. Constitution....
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    Borrello: NY comptroller should review compacts between NY, tribes
    Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, News, ...
    Borrello: NY comptroller should review compacts between NY, tribes
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Jun 01, 2023
    ALBANY — As negotiations on a new gaming compact continue between the state and the Seneca Nation, state Sen. George Borrello has introduced legislati...
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    Biden, McCarthy work push deal as US default looms
    Daily Headlines, News
    Biden, McCarthy work push deal as US default looms
    JENNIFER JACOBS, ERIK WASSON and BILLY HOUSE Bloomberg News 
    May 29, 2023
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — The White House and Republican congressional leaders geared up lobbying campaigns to win approval of a deal to avert a U.S. default...
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    Borrello blasts Hochul idea to house immigrants at SUNY campuses
    News, NY State News, Western New York
    Borrello blasts Hochul idea to house immigrants at SUNY campuses
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    May 19, 2023
    State Sen. George Borrello on Thursday sent a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul opposing possible plans to house immigrants at SUNY Fredonia and other Upsta...
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    Push to ban use of handheld devices by Pa. drivers formally launched
    Push to ban use of handheld devices by Pa. drivers formally launched
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    May 11, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — The latest legislative push to havePennsylvaniajoin all neighboring states and ban the use of handheld cell phones by drivers was l...
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    Borrello points to irony of fossil fuel use to manufacture ‘green’ infrastructure
    Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
    Borrello points to irony of fossil fuel use to manufacture ‘green’ infrastructure
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 09, 2023
    ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello has introduced legislation that would prohibit the use of fossil fuels in the manufacture or distribution of renew...
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    New York’s $229B spending plan would increase minimum wage
    Daily Headlines, News, NY State News
    New York’s $229B spending plan would increase minimum wage
    MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press 
    May 03, 2023
    ALBANY — Lawmakers in Albany passed a $229 billion spending plan that will increase the state’s minimum wage, tweak its bail laws and attempt to curb ...
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    Borrello, Giglio: NY budget terrible — except for school aid
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
    Borrello, Giglio: NY budget terrible — except for school aid
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    May 02, 2023
    State lawmakers representing Cattaraugus and Allegany counties agreed Tuesday that the $229 billion state budget they were in the process of voting on...
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    The Hunter Biden whistleblower
    Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
    The Hunter Biden whistleblower
    BYRON YORK 
    Apr 26, 2023
    The Justice Department has been investigating President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden for a long time. The probe began in 2018, before the elder Biden ...
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    Police reports 6/17/25: West Valley woman charged with welfare fraud
    Crime, News
    Police reports 6/17/25: West Valley woman charged with welfare fraud
    June 16, 2025
    OLEAN — A West Valley woman faces felony welfare fraud charges following an investigation, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported. Nicole L....
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    More rain expected this week
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    More rain expected this week
    By BRIAN McCLELLAN news@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 16, 2025
    More rain is on the way for the Olean area in the coming week, though the National Weather Service predicts a lower chance for severe weather than the...
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    Library board to meet Wednesday
    June 16, 2025
    OLEAN — The regular monthly meeting of the Olean Public Library Board of Trustees will be held  Wednesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the library's Conf...
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    Pitt-Bradford Baja Racing Club makes trip to Arizona race
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    Pitt-Bradford Baja Racing Club makes trip to Arizona race
    June 16, 2025
    BRADFORD, Pa. — To understand the engineering challenges they had set before them, members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Baja Racing C...
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    McKean County townships grapple with proposed wind project
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    McKean County townships grapple with proposed wind project
    By SARA FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    June 16, 2025
    BRADFORD, Pa. — In August 2024, Keating Township supervisors Dave McClain, John Anderson and Ryan Herzog adopted a protective ordinance that attempted...
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    David W. Leaskey
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
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