House Speaker Paul Ryan said earlier this month that Republicans would move to strip funding from Planned Parenthood, part of a broader effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, much to the chagrin of pro-choice advocates.
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1/26/17
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Nonprofit social-service agencies like the Five Towns Community Center were facing steep funding cuts by Nassau County as late as Monday night.
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By Erik Hawkins and Mary Malloy
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12/7/16
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The County Legislature on Monday took steps to close a $70 million-plus budget deficit that will all but ensure that the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state-appointed board that controls the county’s finances, will reject the spending plan and may step in with its own sweeping cuts.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/21/16
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Gary Johnson? Who is this guy, you ask? He is the most prominent of the alternative candidates who will be joining Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton . . .
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6/9/16
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The Rockville Centre Public Library is a shining example of reasonable budgeting. For just over $3 million a year — most of which pays staff members’ salaries — it provides a wide range of fun …
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5/11/16
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The Rockville Centre School District always puts forward a fair and reasonable budget, but the Board of Education was faced with a tough challenge this year: When it began budget talks, there was a …
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5/11/16
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The Rockville Centre Public Library has proposed a budget for 2016-17 that barely increases spending over the current plan thanks to cost-saving measures and across-the-board trimming.
For the …
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By Alex Costello
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5/4/16
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The Herald ran an editorial in the March 31-April 6 issue about Nassau County’s contracting process, “Nassau needs an independent watchdog.” While it properly brought attention to this important issue . . .
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4/28/16
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As budget talks wrapped in Albany last week, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, who’s running to fill Dean Skelos’s vacant seat, criticized Senate Republicans for not supporting ethics reform in the …
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By Alex Costello
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4/6/16
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As part of the budget that the board of trustees approved on Monday, the Village of Rockville Centre will be increasing water rates and parking permit fees — and more than tripling the mayor’s …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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4/6/16
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