public and administrative law

The conviction of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo spurred fresh demands to address Albany’s culture of backroom dealing Wednesday — ...

BELMONT — More than a year after Royce A. Chapman was shot to death in his West Clarksville home, his ex-girlfriend and her son remain jailed and wait...

LITTLE VALLEY — With just over two weeks before the Jan. 31 deadline, about one-third of the pistol permit holders in Cattaraugus County have recertif...

After the 2016 presidential election was over, the mainstream media somehow found the time to expose one of the greatest scandals of that election cyc...

For the first time since 1972 the number of people behind bars in American prisons and jails declined slightly to 2.2 million in 2015, down from 2.4 m...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed joined three other New York Republicans in voting for the House GOP tax plan Thursday — a plan Gov. Andrew Cuomo said would cost ta...

ALBANY (AP) — In New York state government news, unions are celebrating a big win in the recent defeat of a constitutional convention and Democrats in...

Today voters determine whether New York state should hold a constitutional convention, a vote mandated every 20 years. Initially adopted in 1894, Arti...

BELMONT — All 15 Allegany County Legislature offices are subject to change every four years. For Tuesday’s 2018 balloting, however, nine of the 15 slo...

OLEAN — The recently revitalized Olean chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a roadside dedication Monday at Lincoln Park to commem...

The Olean Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will dedicate a historical roadside marker in Lincoln Park on Monday commemorating the w...

ALBANY (AP) — Facebook and Manhattan prosecutors went to New York state's highest court Tuesday to settle a legal dispute over search warrants for use...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 27 temporarily suspending the U.S. refugee program and barred entry to most people coming ...

In the immortal words of Jeff Probst, host of the CBS television show “Survivor”: “The tribe has spoken.” And so, Friday, in the acclaimed “peaceful t...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, expressed concern Monday over how to replace expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. Over the week...

BROOKVILLE, PA — While Washington, D.C., was largely filled with pomp and circumstance Friday as 45th president Donald Trump took the oath of office o...

LAPORTE CITY, Iowa – Twenty-five Union High School juniors and seniors flew to Washington D.C. for today’s Presidential Inauguration. The Red, White a...

CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, N.Y. — Cattaraugus County Republican Party Chairman Robert C. Keis Sr., was among the first in the state to endorse Donald Trump f...