News, NY State News
Jan 02, 2023
ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on Sunday, making history as the first woman elected to the position in th...
News, NY State News
Dec 29, 2022
SYRACUSE (TNS) — A lawsuit charges that New York state is failing its constitutional duty to protect the rights of poor people in court by refusing to...
Local Columnists, New York
Jun 04, 2021
It has been more than a decade since Congress last raised the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour and will remain so after the Senate in Mar...
Allegany County News, News
Dec 29, 2020
WELLSVILLE — As Village Mayor Randy Shayler opened the village board’s last meeting of 2020 Monday night, he took time to remember former police chief...
News, NY State News
Nov 19, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Cuomo will defer a $25,000 pay raise scheduled for next year and is asking other statewide officials to do the same as New York fa...
Business, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
Apr 07, 2020
SYRACUSE (TNS) — Spectrum is raising its minimum hourly wage from $15 to $20, in part because of the challenges faced by its frontline workers during ...
New York State News, News, Western New York
Apr 17, 2019
New York voters strongly support the new statewide ban on plastic bags and a permanent cap on property tax increases included in the state budget, acc...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 24, 2019
After last year’s election U.S. Rep. Tom Reed vowed to retire the “Extreme Ithaca Liberal” phrase from his lexicon. He has used the phrase over severa...
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 03, 2019
(TNS) WASHINGTON – Relax, oh ye supporters of Donald Trump. Two years in and the office has not changed the man. Trump is still tight-fisted. The man ...
Jobs
Dec 20, 2018
You’ve been plugging along at your job, picking up responsibilities, and rocking it for a while now—and even if you don’t have an annual review coming...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Dec 12, 2018
State lawmakers representing Cattaraugus and Allegany counties do not agree with the recommendations of the State Compensation Committee. Last Thursda...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 29, 2018
OLEAN — Three more city-owned properties will be going back on the tax rolls, and by next year three blighted properties will be distant memories for ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 17, 2018
OLEAN — A proposal to raise city political salaries by about 60 percent has rankled feathers, but the sponsor said his intention is more to jumpstart ...
Jobs
Apr 13, 2018
For many of us, there’s nothing quite as exhilarating in our professional careers as the day we get a raise. In addition to having some extra money co...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 14, 2018
OLEAN — City officials signed off on a new contract for the bulk of city employees Tuesday, capping off a period of negotiations with all of the city’...
News, Western New York
Dec 18, 2016
ALBANY (AP) — While Democratic lawmakers in other states seek to unify against President-elect Donald Trump, those in New York are focused on trying t...
News, Western New York
Dec 01, 2016
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers could be returning to Albany for a special session focused on a legislative pay hike. A spokesman for Gov. Andr...
News
Nov 16, 2016
ALBANY (AP) — A call to raise the salary of New York state lawmakers was rejected Tuesday by a special commission charged with reviewing whether the $...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
