politics

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is recruiting its next class of state park police officer trainees to serve t...

Sen. Tom O’Mara’s recent critique of New York’s Clean Slate Act misrepresents its scope, intent and societal benefits. He claims the law indiscriminat...

NEW YORK (TNS) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed several pieces of legislation this week as part of an ongoing effort to fight crime and keep New Yo...

We continue facing an era in state government that will forever be defined by a “no consequences” approach to law and order. And in a state that remai...

ALFRED — A group of Cornell Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows visited Alfred State and interacted with faculty, staff and the community. The group visited cl...

LITTLE VALLEY — Unanimously and without comment Tuesday, Cattaraugus County lawmakers approved a $293.7 million budget for 2025, up less than 1% from ...

OLEAN — The Olean Senior Center, 112 N. Barry St., in the John J. Ash Community Building, announces its schedule for the week of Dec. 2. The center is...

Alfred State has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. Th...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Board of Legislators Republican Leadership Caucus has selected the party’s candidates for leadership in the coming year....

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Employers and workers may not realize it, but they just dodged a bullet. They can thank a federal judge in Texas who just tossed ou...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President-elect Donald Trump’s economic legacy may well depend on whether he prefers the comparative form of an adjective. Specifical...

CLEMSON, S.C. (TNS) — “Here is the reality,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders in his analysis of Donald Trump’s strong electoral victory and support from some...

BELMONT — A state grant will help Allegany County property owners renovate vacant spaces to improve the area’s rental apartment stock. State officials...

Under President Joe Biden, the Department of Health and Human Services has created a “diversity, equity and inclusion” infrastructure of dizzying comp...

There may be five stages of grief, but there’s usually just one when it comes to political defeat — pretend to soul-search, then carry on as if nothin...

OLEAN — A review of the city’s governing document is nearing its completion almost a year after starting. The Olean Charter Commission, which first me...

Area unemployment rates remained near or at historic lows in October, the state Department of Labor reported. The Cattaraugus County unemployment rose...

WASHINGTON (TNS) —The speaker of the House, the man second in line to the presidency — Rep.Mike JohnsonofLouisiana— had to photobomb the much-shared s...