Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
Aug 12, 2021
Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have announced his resignation over allegations of sexual harassment, but Republican lawmakers want impeachment proceedings to c...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jul 03, 2021
So far, the bipartisan infrastructure deal is going through the normal life cycle of such proposals — alive, dead, revived, uncertain. For Republicans...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jun 09, 2021
Joe Manchin is being pilloried for the offense of being consistent on the filibuster. Back in 2017, when Senate Democrats were desperate to stop Donal...
News, Western New York
Jun 08, 2021
ALBANY — Liberal groups are calling on New York lawmakers to use the last days of the legislative session to pass bills related to the criminal justic...
News
Jun 03, 2021
ALBANY — The fate of a bill to give people sexually abused as adults a chance to sue the perpetrators was unclear Thursday when it unanimously passed ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jun 03, 2021
The Democratic opposition to legislative minorities using whatever leverage they have to block legislation is highly situational. In Washington, D.C.,...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 25, 2021
It may seem impossible to imagine now, but there was a time not long ago when Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell were angry with Donald Trump. It was ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
May 05, 2021
ALBANY — Sen. George Borrello and fellow Republicans in the State Senate called on the Legislature and Cuomo administration to “fix multiple issues th...
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Apr 24, 2021
ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello and fellow Republicans continued to bash the so-called “repeal” of the governors emergency powers during the coron...
News, NY State News
Apr 20, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — New York lawmakers put the finishing touches on a piece of legislation mandating extensive new workplace health and safety protections ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 16, 2021
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has it right: The filibuster should not be eliminated. The Senate needs the filibuster as a tool to drive the t...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 15, 2021
Just six months ago — it seems like so much longer — many Democrats were supremely confident about their prospects in the 2020 election. Some saw Joe ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 06, 2021
How Texas fetal heartbeat bill advances cause — perhaps all the way to Supreme Court For millions of parents the world over, the image of a tiny heart...
Apr 05, 2021
The Senate will soon be asked to vote on contentious bills to tighten gun controls and reform the country’s electoral systems. As things stand, these ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 01, 2021
In early March, President Joe Biden met with a group of seven historians in the East Room of the White House. One topic of conversation: Franklin Dela...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Mar 25, 2021
On April 7, 2017, less than four years ago, a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined a majority of Republicans to sign a letter supporting th...
News, NY State News
Mar 15, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — The state Senate and Assembly were scheduled to vote today on their versions of New York’s 2021-22 budget — and stark differences remai...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Mar 12, 2021
In a swipe at Gov. Andrew Cuomo releasing a book touting his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, state Sen. George Borrello has introduced leg...
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...
