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OLEAN — Data from the latest ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) report shows a significant percentage of households in Cattaraugus an...

Last month, Olean Food Pantry received the kind of news that keeps me up at night: a projected 13% federal funding cut to our food distribution capaci...

A year into the merger of the United Way organizations serving Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, the executive director believes the UW has found its...

ALBANY — Gov.Kathy Hochulsigned the Child Poverty Reduction Act three years ago, setting the ambitious target of cuttingNew York'schild poverty rates ...

( Editor’s note: The following is the last in a four-part series of op-eds by Olean Food Pantry board members in preparation for the Season of Giving....

( Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of op-eds by Olean Food Pantry board members in preparation for the Season of Giving.) As we approach t...

( Editor’s note: The following is the third of a four-part series of op-eds by Olean Food Pantry board members in preparation for the Season of Giving...

A $25,000 grant to the Olean Food Pantry from an anonymous local family foundation is a challenge for more community donations. Olean Food Pantry rece...

Free money makes people less likely to work. If common sense doesn’t convince you of that, a new study should. In July, a National Bureau of Economic ...

A $7,500 grant to the Olean Food Pantry, commemorating its 70th year serving the Olean area, from the United Way of Cattaraugus County aims to tackle ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Whenever I write about New York’s population outflow, I hear from readers who suggest fewer people might be a good thing. ”Why does it ...

SALAMANCA — As part of No Kid Hungry’s continuing effort to ensure all children in Salamanca remain nourished and healthy, the Salamanca City Central ...

In 2012, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and fellow Republican lawmakers applied supply-side economics and cut income taxes across the board. The goal was t...