Breaking News
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
Nov 04, 2022
They say history doesn’t repeat itself, but the Biden administration is eager to prove otherwise as it pushes the United States back in time to the Ji...
News, NY State News
Oct 21, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s second-highest court on Thursday upheld a state tax tribunal’s decision to deny Walt Disney $6.3 million in royalty income e...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 02, 2022
Congress has never cared much about truth-in-labeling, but even by its standards, “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” is laughably absurd. The deal ...
News, NY State News
Jul 13, 2022
ALBANY — Property tax levy growth will again be capped at 2% for 2023 for municipal governments starting their budget years on Jan. 1, the Office of t...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Apr 21, 2022
A holiday-delayed Tax Day arrived earlier this week and with it no refund for 3.9 million New Yorkers who had the double misfortune to lose their jobs...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 15, 2022
The deadline for filing federal income taxes is later than usual this year. Tax Day has been pushed back to April 18 to avoid coinciding with the Dist...
News
Apr 13, 2022
OLEAN — The 2022-23 city budget was approved Tuesday evening by a 5-2 margin, along with unanimous approval for increased water rates and steady sewer...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 02, 2022
March 1 was the deadline for low-income seniors to apply for a property tax break of up to 50% from their towns. The senior citizen exemption isn’t ne...
News
Feb 18, 2022
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance said this week that the Consumer Bill of Rights Regarding Tax Preparers has been bolstered to be...
News
Feb 17, 2022
OLEAN — Still curious how state aid will affect next year’s budget, Olean City School District officials had their first look at a preliminary spendin...
Cattaraugus County, News
Feb 11, 2022
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Common Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a tentative $11.76 million spending plan for the city’s upcoming fiscal yea...
Health
Jan 31, 2022
It’s no secret that stress and anxiety can increase during tax season. For many people, this is largely because of concerns about being audited or owi...
News
Jan 25, 2022
It’s time to crack out the W-2s, the Internal Revenue Service and the state Department of Taxation and Finance reported. Monday marked the beginning o...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Jan 21, 2022
In crafting the $216 billion budget she released Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul faced a “dilemma” every pol dreams of: an insane gusher of cash thanks to ...
Cattaraugus County, News
Jan 14, 2022
As school districts across the state begin preparations for annual budget reviews, administrators will have to remain fiscally conscious following the...
News, NY State News
Dec 09, 2021
SYRACUSE (TNS) — Netflix subscribers in New York can expect to see an increase in their bills this month. The video streaming service isn’t raising it...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 23, 2021
Democrats should leave in place a cap on deductions that wealthy taxpayers can claim based on their state taxes — the one good part of the Republicans...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 02, 2021
There have been lots of frightening things going on in the country. What is most scary, though, is the vast spending that our federal government seems...
Commentary, Opinion
October 2, 2025
"There is never, ever a good reason to force a government shutdown. It disrupts vital government services, hurts those dependent on those services, un...
Commentary, Opinion
October 2, 2025
This past Sunday I climbed Phelps Mountain, one of the 46 high peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. As I was hiking, I thought back to 1968 ...
Commentary, Opinion
October 2, 2025
Less than a month into school, Olean parents are already facing tough challenges. I’ve seen posts of a student bruised and bloodied, another who switc...
Commentary, Opinion
October 2, 2025
ALBANY — New Yorkers continue to face some of the costliest health premiums in the United States, and the insurance industry’s recently finalized rate...
Lifestyle, Lifestyles
October 2, 2025
The filmography of American writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson is an eclectic collection of character-driven stories that often include a combinatio...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
October 2, 2025
PORTVILLE — The idea to make a launch point for kayaks and other watercraft on the Allegheny River in the town of Portville has resulted in the develo...
