unemployment

Local unemployment rates continued to drop in April, state officials said, and were lower than a year ago. The state Department of Labor reported that...

Local unemployment decreased in March after steady bumps in January and February, on par with the rates reported a year ago this month, according to s...

Local unemployment rose in January, on par with the rates reported a year ago this month, according to state labor officials. The state Department of ...

Many Democrats seem aghast at the notion that a government job is anything less than a lifetime sinecure and property right. Witness their near univer...

ALBANY — Some of America's governors — mostly Democrats — have a message for the wave of fired federal workers: We want you. Gov. Kathy Hochul and oth...

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...

In the wake of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent announcement regarding an “inflation refund” plan, Republican state senators George Borrello, Dean Murray an...

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

Local unemployment rose in November, but with lower rates than a year ago according to state officials. The state Department of Labor this week report...

Federal agencies reported $161.5 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2024, according to data released by the Office of Management and Budg...

Area unemployment rates remained near or at historic lows in October, the state Department of Labor reported. The Cattaraugus County unemployment rose...

Local unemployment rates were down in September as more workers were on the job, the state Department of Labor reported. The Cattaraugus County unempl...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The degrowth movement, which had a moment a few years ago, is over — and not a moment too soon. As nations in Europe and North Americ...

Local unemployment rates remained close to the previous month in August, state Department of Labor officials reported Tuesday. Cattaraugus County’s un...

Finding a job is getting a lot harder, and it’s likely to get harder still, but there’s an obvious remedy. The U.S. Federal Reserve needs to cut inter...

Area unemployment rates in June stayed relatively flat, mirroring trends at the state and national level. According to the state Department of Labor, ...

Not that we needed another poll to tell us that New York state is getting increasingly more unaffordable, but recent statewide polling from the Siena ...

Area unemployment dropped below state levels in May, the state Department of Labor reported. The Department of Labor reported the unemployment rate in...