Speaking last Friday in Woodbury before the Long Island Association, Gov. Kathy Hochul devoted much of her speech, delivered with characteristically biting humor . . .
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1/27/22
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We’re about to lose one of the most significant advances in health care made over the past decade, unless Congress takes immediate action.
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By Lisa Tyson
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12/23/21
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Islanders fans from across Long Island made the pilgrimage on Saturday to the team’s new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. Despite a disappointing game result — the Islanders lost to the Calgary Flames 5-2 — fans were elated to finally have a home for their favorite hockey team after years of uncertainty, recreating the exuberant cheering that so defined games at Nassau Coliseum, known affectionately as “The Barn.”
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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12/9/21
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The Long Island Rail Road and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus are making significant strides to reduce their carbon footprints, with the LIRR testing battery-powered trains . . .
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11/25/21
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New York is headed in the wrong direction on solar power.
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11/18/21
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If Election Day 2021 proved anything, it’s that Long Island voters shouldn’t be taken for granted.
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By Ronald J. Rosenberg
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11/11/21
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How is my son, Jason, like a McDonald’s quarter-pounder?
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10/28/21
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When 8-year-old Cayla Goldstein came home and told her mother, Janet, that her teacher switched topics in the middle of a conversation, Janet knew exactly what that meant.
“I was asking …
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By Mallory Wilson
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10/21/21
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Hispanics are Nassau County’s fastest-growing ethnic population, County Executive Laura Curran noted in mid-September, the start of Hispanic Heritage Month . . .
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10/7/21
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The Smithtown School District will restrict the use of 34 BrainPop instructional videos in classrooms because they introduce topics like Black Lives Matter and human sexuality.
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By Alan Singer
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8/19/21
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