Yet another proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage has been introduced in the state Legislature — and this one could be particularly damaging to upstate New York. For the past eight years, there have been two minimum wages in New York state — one for the New York City region and ...

There were few complaints from state Republicans or Democrats when record school aid increases were pouring into New York school districts the past couple of years. Keep in mind those record aid increases come from a state that already has, by far, the highest spending per pupil of any state ...

As anger stirs in the village of Fredonia regarding the third boil-water crisis within the last year, trustees are proposing a bitter option of raising rates by about 44% to users. That rate would increase from $4.51 per 1,000 gallons used to $6.51. No hike will go over well with customers ...

Just when you think the absurdity boiling out of Florida cannot get any more dangerous, a story pops up such as the one from the Escambia County School District, where five dictionaries, eight encyclopedias and “The Guinness Book of World Records” has been added to its list of more than ...

Transparency is a word government leaders use to reassure the public they are doing everything they can in an open session. Unfortunately, as we have seen far too often, that is not the case. Last month, following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address, one watchdog agency took ...

Since the $10 million Downtown Reinvestment Initiative plans were released by the city of Dunkirk more than a year ago, there has been some rumblings about one of the proposals. This week, for the first time publicly, the criticism came to light: some veterans are opposed to the amphitheater in ...