Commentary, Editorial Cartoons
Jan 30, 2024
The federal government ramped up the printing presses during the pandemic, throwing cash around like the proverbial drunken sailor. While much of that...
News, NY State News
Jan 29, 2024
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...
Allegany County News, Daily Headlines, News, ...
Jan 23, 2024
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...
Commentary, New York
Jan 22, 2024
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 ...
Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
Jan 17, 2024
ALBANY — Two Republican senators representing the Southern Tier joined colleagues Wednesday in unveiling the GOP’s agenda in the Senate for 2024. The ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
Jan 17, 2024
State lawmakers representing Cattaraugus and parts of Allegany counties said they heard some good things in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget message Tuesday...
Business, News, NY State News
Jan 16, 2024
SYRACUSE (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday proposed the state repeal its THC potency-based tax structure for legal cannabis — a move industry stake...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Jan 16, 2024
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...
Daily Headlines, News, NY State News
Jan 15, 2024
ALBANY (TNS) — Weighing looming deficits , New York City's costly asylum seeker challenge and the loss of pandemic-era federal funds , Gov. Kathy Hoch...
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 12, 2024
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...
Daily Headlines, Local News, News
Jan 10, 2024
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...
Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
Jan 10, 2024
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...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Jan 05, 2024
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 ...
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Dec 29, 2023
The latest Census data finds that on present course six progressive states would lose 12 House seats in 2030 reapportionment. The migrant border mess ...
News, NY State News
Dec 28, 2023
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...
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 22, 2023
If the federal government eliminated several duplicative regional commissions and authorities, it would save taxpayers $287 million annually, the Citi...
Business, Local News, News
Dec 20, 2023
Local sales tax collections statewide rose by over 5% in November, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office, with most regional taxing ...
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 20, 2023
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 “...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
Ruth M. Baillargeon, mother, grandmother, sister BELFAST --- Ruth M. Baillargeon, 82, of Belfast, New York, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025 at High...
June 16, 2025
Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE === Robert E. Stephens of 24 Finch Street, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Faci...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
