The Ukraine war and U.S. inflation trends are weighing on the minds of New Yorkers, as a new poll finds many expect a serious impact on their spending, saving and planning. The Siena College Research Institute said its survey found inflation having a serious negative impact on 70% of ...

The spread of COVID-19 through nursing homes in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic is still in the state Legislature’s spotlight two years after the fact. Several Democrats are backing legislation that would establish a two-year statute of limitations for families to sue for damages ...

Of the $14 million the city of Jamestown has already received in American Rescue Plan Act funding, only $12,600 has been spent. On Wednesday, the Jamestown City Council held a special work session “retreat” to continue discussing how to use the federal stimulus money. Anthony Dolce, ...

BOSTON (AP) — After her home flooded five times in the past year, Tilicia Owens was on edge with every impending storm and ready to leave her Detroit neighborhood behind. But then the 40-year-old quality engineer heard the city had a program that could prevent heavy rains from inundating ...

Rep. Tom Reed wants the federal government to help restaurants as they continue to recover from the loss of business during COVID-19. During a conference call Wednesday with media from the 23rd Congressional District, including The Post-Journal and OBSERVER, Reed noted that he supports the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett say BA.2 is becoming the dominant strain of COVID-19 in New York, but they do not expect it to create another big wave of infections here. BA.2, a subvariant of omicron, has been gradually increasing as a percentage of positive ...