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ALBANY — Niagara County state Sen. Rob Ortt received enough backing from his GOP colleagues in the State Senate Friday to emerge as the new leader of ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two Republicans from Western New York are among those that have raced to become state Senate minority leader, a post that is about to b...

ALBANY (TNS) — Hours after the state missed its midnight budget deadline, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he has reached a “conceptual agreement” with the l...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration reported more coronavirus-related deaths in Pennsylvania on Wednesday and ordered residents of Lehigh...

State Sen. George Borrello believes a paid-leave bill pushed through by New York Democrats and signed by the governor Wednesday will amplify the finan...

ALBANY (TNS) — If there’s any indication of the difference two years can make, take a look at the state Republican Party. In January 2018, Chairman Ed...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello, R-Bemus Point, has been named ranking member of the Senate Budget and Revenues Committee. “I am proud to be named...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer believes the real impeachment fight is between President Trump and “light and the truth.” The Democratic mi...

With the matter of impeachment of President Donald Trump soon to be in the hands of the U.S. Senate, New York’s two Democratic senators are girding fo...

As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on articles of impeachment, Rep. Tom Reed said Thursday he hopes it doesn’t upend passage of the trad...

After wishing reporters a “Happy Thanksgiving” Tuesday morning, Rep. Tom Reed touted the House Problem Solvers Caucus role in the recent agreement to ...

BUFFALO — Unshackle Upstate, through its political action committee, UPAC, endorsed Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello in the 57th Senate Dis...

BELFAST — George Borrello, Republican candidate in the special election for the 57th State Senate seat, will open his Allegany County headquarters in ...

The Democratic candidate for the area’s vacant state Senate seat is calling out his opposition for alleged “pay-to-play” fundraising, while the Republ...

When it comes to fundraising by organizations in rural New York, gun raffles are right up there with dice runs and ham and turkey parties. But under l...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and 11 other Democratic governors have urged President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to...

JAMESTOWN — A state Senate candidate, who local Libertarians had declined to endorse over concerns about his military background, has been charged wit...