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OLEAN — Applications for the next cycle of grant funding from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation’s Community Fund are due Oct. 15. The Commun...

OLEAN — The city will review options for moving some recreation facilities to the Olean Center Mall. Five members of the Common Council approved a $3,...

Here’s the final word from the Empire Center, a prominent state fiscal watchdog, on New York’s record-setting, $237 billion spending plan recently ena...

President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget blueprint won’t become law, but it provides a glimpse of what the nation can expect if he wins re-election and Democ...

DEAR RUSTY: I want to apply for Social Security, but I want to make sure I get all the benefits I have earned. I am a veteran with a 10% disability ra...

Local counties saw higher sales tax receipts in March, the state’s fiscal watchdog reported Wednesday, but local cities saw lower receipts. Local gove...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Board of Education has approved a tentative $57.99 million budget with no change in the tax levy for the 2024-25 fiscal year...

New York State’s subsidies for film producers cost $700 million last year but didn’t boost revenue nearly enough to cover their cost, according to a r...

When Assemblyman Joseph Giglio walked out of the Capitol in Albany on Saturday, a thought struck him. “That’s the last state budget I’ll ever vote on,...

ALBANY — New York state lawmakers were on the verge of passing a $237 billion budget that includes sweeping plans to build housing, shutter unlicensed...

OLEAN — For hundreds of delinquent water users in Olean, it’s time to pay up. The city has rolled hundreds of thousands of dollars in water bills over...

Is there a more trite and hackneyed phrase in the tax debate than “fair share”? Progressives, who have a never-ending appetite for spending other peop...

OLEAN — The Olean Board of Education Tuesday approved a $56.17 million budget for the 2024-25 school year that calls for a 1% increase to the tax levy...

OLEAN — City tax bills and water rates will be going up just under 4% in June as the city’s $29.26 million budget was approved Monday. The Common Coun...

As New York lawmakers continue discussions on a new state budget, officials at over 600 school districts are trying to navigate building their own bud...

OLEAN — Water and sewer bills are expected to go up about $2 a month for the average household on June 1. The rates, which will rise 3.76% for both wa...

The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York will conduct its annual RecruitNY campaign this weekend in an effort to recruit more volunteer fire...

OLEAN — Water and sewer rates are expected to rise about 4% in June to fund system repairs, but industrial users will see even higher bills after thei...