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The Long Beach Board of Education held a meeting Tuesday discussing the budget and potential cuts.
Long Beach School District faces tough choices amid budget discussions
Explore the budget dilemmas facing Long Beach schools: layoffs, program cuts, and the uncertain fate of East School. more
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Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages joins lawmakers and supporters like Assemblyman David Weprin, at left, and state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, at right, to call on her colleagues to support the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. The measure — currently included in the senate’s One House budget — would provide tax credits to local news outlets, so they can keep local reporters on the ground and covering communities.
Lawmakers, publishers rally in Albany to save local news
An advocacy group determined to save local news in New York rallied in Albany in an effort to bring more lawmakers to their cause. more
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School officials, community members and five state legislators, including Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, front, fourth from left, gathered outside the Long Beach schools’ administration building on Feb. 1 to voice their opposition to a cut in state aid.
Funding formula review pending as Long Beach Schools face budget uncertainty
Since Jan. 16, when Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her proposed fiscal year 2025 budget, educators have been focused on state aid for local schools. The governor’s spending plan includes about … more
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More than 3,000 newspapers have closed across the country since 2005, resulting in countless communities losing essential platforms for sharing their stories. The Empire State Local News Coalition intends to reverse that by advancing new legislation and initiatives that would protect jobs, and incentivize small business to advertise.
Coalition formed to advocate for local journalism
A statewide group of local news organizations — comprising of more than 100 newspapers across New York — has launched The Empire State Local News Coalition, a joint advocacy effort to advance a legislative package intended to deliver long-term sustainability to the sector. more
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Long Beach is proposed to lose millions in aid, which has school officials voicing their frustration.
Long Beach schools may lose state aid
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her proposed executive budget for fiscal year 2025 on Jan. 16, revealing, among other things, the aid each school district would be receiving — or losing. In … more
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N.Y. needs to boost financial education in our schools
Young people in New York have a great knowledge of many subjects, but they have much to learn about personal finance. more
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In Israel, war ends politics, diplomacy as usual
Hamas’s Saturday-morning assault on Israel was more than just a shocking demonstration of barbarism. The toll of Israeli dead and wounded — not to mention those kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip by these murderers — is sickening. more
Hochul finally recognizes the migrant crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mirror must be broken. In a mind-boggling television appearance last week, she finally acknowledged that the migrant crisis was “a real problem” . . . more
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Steamrolling our communities is flat-out wrong
“I’m a steamroller, and I’ll roll over you and anybody else.” Eliot Spitzer famously uttered those words to an Assembly member more
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Our children’s education can’t be all about numbers
Imagine students who can not only grasp the concepts of STEM courses through the diligent application of the scientific method, but also generate original and thought-provoking work in the humanities. more
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