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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Jefferson Project’s recent report on its activities on Chautauqua Lake in 2023 is confirmation of something most people who deal with Chautauqua Lake already knew - internal loading of phosphorus is a big problem. That’s a fact that we’ve ...

Safety of school children on the roads and sidewalks around Persell Middle School has been an important topic over the past couple of years. It’s good to see, then, that Mark Roetzer Jr., acting city public works director, and county Public Facilities officials are discussing some changes ...

We’re lucky that, so far, it’s been a pretty mild winter. Late last year it was discovered that two Code Blue shelters in Jamestown that opened in the winter of 2022-23 wouldn’t be opening for this winter. Then, earlier this week, The Post-Journal reported on the unexpected closure of ...