politics

CUBA — The League of Women Voters of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties invites all to a screening of “On the Basis of Sex,” rated PG-13, at 5:30 p.m. ...

A $25,000 grant to the Olean Food Pantry from an anonymous local family foundation is a challenge for more community donations. Olean Food Pantry rece...

ST. BONAVENTURE — In the two years since Mark Talley’s mother, Geraldine Talley, was among the 10 people killed by a white supremacist at a Buffalo gr...

A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them with state and federal races was struck down by a state j...

The Biden-Harris administration is set to eclipse the $1 trillion mark in improper payments, a new record for wasted money in a four-year term, accord...

Americans are like members of a quarrelsome family, so intent on arguing their petty grievances around the kitchen table that they don’t smell the ris...

The Democratic National Convention featured two themes of interest to working seniors: choice is an essential function of freedom, and every person sh...

OLEAN — The city’s homelessness task force will meet for the first time later this month. Mayor Bill Aiello informed the Common Council on Tuesday tha...

OLEAN — The Olean Senior Center, 112 N. Barry St., in the John J. Ash Community Building, announces its schedule for the week of Oct. 14. The center i...

BERKELEY, Calif. (TNS) — What role, if any, will the Supreme Court play in the November presidential election? That is the crucial, unknowable questio...

It’s National Newspaper Week and an important time to reflect on the continued importance of our role in covering local events and issues and serving ...

OLEAN — Consultants guiding a comprehensive plan drafting effort for the city are still hoping to hear more from the public as the draft is published....

ATLANTA (TNS) — The first time Jen Barnett and her now husband, Brett Andrews, discussed permanently leaving the U.S. was in 2016. Barnett, an Alabama...

I am a lifelong registered Democrat. I don’t recall choosing that party: my parents most likely “gave” it to me. Actually, because I was born white, C...

BALTIMORE (TNS) — The theme of this election, the Democrats tell us, is to be freedom, as the theme of the 2022 election was said to be democracy. Dem...

ALBANY (TNS) — Some supporters of a ballot proposal in New York this year say it would codify abortion laws in the state constitution, while many oppo...

OLEAN — Right Thinkers is planning a local rally for former President Donald Trump on Oct. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lincoln Park. Several speakers will...

DEAR RUSTY: I claimed Social Security at 70. My wife claimed her own SS at 62, and her earnings were significantly lower than mine. I understand my wi...