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OLEAN — The United Way of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties is pleased to announce the availability of free basic tax preparation services through the...

Budget adoption season is underway at the State Capitol, which means, first, that joint Senate-Assembly public hearings on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2025-26...

ALBANY — Financing and regulating health care delivery is one of the biggest responsibilities of state government, yet Gov. Kathy Hochul had remarkabl...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski called Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $252 billion executive budget proposal, which she unveiled Tuesday, “grossly irresponsible” and...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Gov.Kathy Hochulreads her poll numbers and feels the economic discontent of voters who putDonald Trumpback in theWhite House. That ex...

DEAR RUSTY: I am 65 and currently working full-time. Can I apply for and start receiving my Social Security benefit? I'd expect to have to pay income ...

The New York State Senate Republican Conference, including Southern Tier Sens. George Borrello and Tom O'Mara, have unveiled “Liberate New York,” a le...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul hammered an “affordability” theme in the leadup to Tuesday’s 2025 State of the State address. But her campaign, dubbed “Mon...

ELLICOTTVILLE — A developer is seeking tax breaks for a $10 million, 30-unit “landscape hotel” near Holimont Ski Club. The Cattaraugus County Industri...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State address on Tuesday recognized that New Yorkers face an "unprecedented" afforda...

Republican members of New York's congressional delegation are set to meet with President-elect Donald Trump this weekend and push for an increase to t...

ALBANY — After a slow rollout, New Yorkers have been flocking to pot shops since legalized weed became available for retail sales two years ago, and t...

In early December, Gov. Kathy Hochul said, “My agenda for the coming year will be laser-focused on putting money back in your pockets.” A few weeks la...

TheIRSwields immense power over the financial lives of Americans, yet recent revelations highlight it would be wise to question an expansion of that a...

The federal tax credit for electric vehicle purchases has far outlived its purpose and now stands as a glaring example of government overreach and eco...

In advance of her upcoming 2025 State of the State Address onJan. 14, Gov.Kathy Hochulis promoting several initiatives intended to address the cost-of...

DEAR RUSTY: I'm 72 years old with 20 years of military service. I am retired collecting Social Security, my military pension and state retirement bene...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” Milton Friedman once said. In other words, don’t blame greed — blame th...