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There is a persistent myth in American politics that a superb running mate can push a presidential candidate over the top, either in terms of the popu...

ALBANY (TNS) — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and other Democrats have a problem. The sexual assault allegation made by Tara Reade against Joe Biden, th...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Republican proposal to force the governor to adopt new rules that would allow far more businesses to open during the COVID-19 pand...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump has killed people by the way he has conducted himself during the coronavirus crisis, and, look,...

Cattaraugus County Democratic Party Chairman Frank Puglisi has endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. “I do think the New York primary will be in...

Amory “Amo” Houghton, the Corning Inc. heir and former executive who served New York’s Southern Tier in Congress for nearly two decades, died Wednesda...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rebuked Minority Leader Charles Schumer on the Senate floor Thursday morning for his controve...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed a $40 million appropriation that will help the state combat the COVID-19 coronavirus, while also receiving broad p...

ALBANY (TNS) — If there’s any indication of the difference two years can make, take a look at the state Republican Party. In January 2018, Chairman Ed...

Most of the media focus after a presidential primary naturally falls on who won, who did better than expected, who quit and whose candle is dangerousl...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to meet Thursday with President Donald Trump to propose a compromise that could end a stalemate over th...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed didn’t think much of bad manners on display at Tuesday’s State of the Union address. Everyone was talking about the refusal by Pres...

New York’s two U.S. senators decried the chamber’s 51-49 vote on Friday not to summon witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The vot...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make New York’s ongoing ban on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas harder to overturn. On Wednesday, Cuomo announ...

SALAMANCA — For eight years, Sue Labuhn served as a member of the Cattaraugus County Legislature, representing the city of Salamanca and surrounding t...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed and New York’s two Democratic U.S. senators were, not surprisingly, at odds over President Trump’s decision to kill a top Iranian g...

ALBANY — The blue wave that swept over the state capital last year is being followed by a red riptide as Senate Republicans head for the exits and Dem...

Both state representatives for Cattaraugus and Allegany counties are a little taken aback at New York state’s estimated $6.1 billion budget shortfall....