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Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.
Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington
Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more
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The Rev. Christopher Hofer, left, married Kerry Brady in August 2011 at the Church of St. Jude in Wantagh.
During Pride Month, LGBT clergy reflect
“Oh, there goes Father Faggot.” The Rev. Christopher Hofer still recalls the insults children and teens hurled at him in 2004, while he was out running in Wantagh, his new … more
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Trump’s pullout from Paris accord is sad, so sad
The biggest problem with President Donald Trump’s foolish decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement is not that it rejects an international accord signed by 195 countries . . . more
Public officials are seeking to rename a significant Nassau County portion of the Southern State Parkway to honor Malvernite and NYPD Det. Steven McDonald.
Officials seek to rename Southern State to honor McDonald
A bill introduced last Thursday in the State Senate, sponsored by the entire Long Island Senate delegation, would rename a 10-mile stretch of the Southern State Parkway in honor of Malvernite and NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, who died Jan. 10. The bill, which is expected to pass the Senate this session, proposes to rename the parkway the Steven McDonald Memorial Highway. more
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Health care is a right, not a privilege. Period.
President Trump has derided the Affordable Care Act time and again over the past two years, saying, over and over, that it — and, you would think, it alone — caused insurance premiums to skyrocket. more
Here we go again: a new set of learning standards
New York State Education Department officials will have to forgive the public if people don’t appear eager to embrace Next Generation Learning Standards. We were burned by Common Core. more
New York state is stepping up efforts to improve drinking water quality and monitoring.
Fresh efforts to monitor drinking water quality
New York state will soon begin implementing changes that will alter the way drinking water is protected and monitored for the better. more
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Wander on down that Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the rest of the crew, in "Journey to Oz," at Long Island Children's Museum.
What's happening on Long Island this weekend
Performances/On Stage Oklahoma! The classical musical set in Oklahoma at the turn of the 20th century, Thursday and Friday, May 25-26, 8 p.m.; Saturday, May 27, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, May 28, 2 … more
Members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team perform a tethered flag during a training demonstration.
Fleet Week 2017 on Long Island
Fleet Week is celebrated on Long Island at Eisenhower Park. more
Guy Mazza, acting director of the Department of Public Service’s Long Island office, presided over a public hearing in Malverne to discuss New York American Water's request for a rate hike in Oct. 2016.
Water company receives lower rate increase
The New York State Public Service Commission announced last week that it had lowered New York American Water Company’s requested rate increase, granting a first-year increase of $3.63 million — less than half of the $8.7 million requested by the company. more
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