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The federal government ramped up the printing presses during the pandemic, throwing cash around like the proverbial drunken sailor. While much of that...

NEW YORK — A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll...

WELLSVILLE — The holiday season officially came to an end — in the village at least — at Monday night’s village board meeting with the distribution of...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget blueprint for 2025 tempers her policy ambitions with some welcome fiscal restraint — or what passes for it in big-spending ...

ALBANY — Two Republican senators representing the Southern Tier joined colleagues Wednesday in unveiling the GOP’s agenda in the Senate for 2024. The ...

State lawmakers representing Cattaraugus and parts of Allegany counties said they heard some good things in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget message Tuesday...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday proposed the state repeal its THC potency-based tax structure for legal cannabis — a move industry stake...

Gov. Kathy Hochul opened her State of the State message to the Legislature last week with a surprising proclamation: “The State of New York is stronge...

ALBANY (TNS) — Weighing looming deficits , New York City's costly asylum seeker challenge and the loss of pandemic-era federal funds , Gov. Kathy Hoch...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — My foray into the workforce was a minimum-wage job making pizzas and washing dishes at Pizza Hut. The money I earned supported my s...

OLEAN — More senior citizens in the city can take advantage of an exemption on their next city tax bills. The Olean Common Council on Tuesday voted to...

State Sen. George Borrello said the governor failed to address New York’s outmigration problem in her State of the State address on Tuesday, while Ass...

Hochul vetoes bills that would drive employers from the state. In the rare good news department, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ended the year by vetoing ...

The latest Census data finds that on present course six progressive states would lose 12 House seats in 2030 reapportionment. The migrant border mess ...

ALBANY (TNS) — A new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul changes how utility companies bill customers after a yearslong debacle with the Hudson Valley’s C...

If the federal government eliminated several duplicative regional commissions and authorities, it would save taxpayers $287 million annually, the Citi...

Local sales tax collections statewide rose by over 5% in November, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office, with most regional taxing ...

In his New York Times newsletter, business reporter Peter Coy in September argued that the only real solution for the nation’s rising debt crisis is “...