Officers of the Jamestown Kendall Club have made it their mission within the last month to become more vocal about what they perceive as a worsening crime situation in Chautauqua County’s largest municipality. In a commentary published March 1 in The Post-Journal, the Police Benevolent ...

Another domino fell in the continuing saga of Chautauqua County municipal sustainability this week. During the Fredonia Village Board meeting, a budget proposal for the 2025-26 fiscal year noted a potential 55% tax increase. In a different era, that massive figure would be tough to fathom. ...

Public Broadcasting Service executives knew their day on the hot seat was coming for all of America to see. Since Republicans took control in January, the organization’s $553 million in funding this year from the federal government — as well as numerous other agencies — has been under the ...

Affordability is becoming one of the buzzwords in politics over recent months. On Donald Trump’s second day in the Oval Office in January, he signed a presidential memorandum to deliver emergency price relief for American families and defeat the cost-of-living crisis. His focus at the time ...

Disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made his way back into the political scene after announcing his candidacy this month for New York City mayor. Those prospects cannot be sitting well with the state’s top elected official in Kathy Hochul. Cuomo was notorious for his vindictive ways when ...

Upheaval inside the walls of the New York state prison system is not something that occurred suddenly. Warning signs were beginning close to home at Collins Correctional Facility in the spring of 2023. That is when more than a dozen officers were injured at Collins Correctional Facility over a ...