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Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos spoke of the looming state budget deficit during a question-and-answer session with Herald editors on March 4.

Skelos: Don't miss chance to trim spending

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he is optimistic that despite the difficult choices they face, this is the year when Albany lawmakers will finally make the structural changes to the state budget needed to rein in spending. more

Judy Rattner | 3/9/11

Cost-cutting budget plans

The Hewlett-Woodmere School District is drafting its 2011-12 budget in preparation for the May 17 school budget vote. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 2/2/11

Senate OKs job tax credit, 2% state spending cap

In one of its first orders of business in the new legislative session, the State Senate passed the Job Creation and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2011 on Jan. 19. Supporters of the three-part plan say it will encourage the creation of new private-sector jobs with a tax credit, ensure fiscal responsibility with the enactment of a 2 percent state spending cap and require a two-thirds “super-majority” vote to increase taxes if the Assembly, and then voters, approve a constitutional amendment. more

Judy Rattner | 1/26/11

Sen. Dean Skelos, second from right, was sworn in as majority leader on the floor of the New York State Senate on Jan. 4, as his father, Basil, left, and son, Adam, watched. With his wife, Gail, holding the bible, Associate Justice Peter B. Skelos, Dean’s brother, administered the oath of office.

Skelos takes office

Sen. Dean Skelos assumed the two most powerful posts in the State Senate — majority leader and president pro tem — last week. more

By JUDY RATTNER | 1/11/11

Back on Top

Long Island’s nine senators will become part of the Republican majority in the New York State Senate next month, and as their leader, Sen. Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre is expected to have their … more

Judy Rattner | 12/8/10

Jack Martins, pictured here on Election Night, declared himself the winner at the Republican Headquarters that night. A judge decided the vote in his favor on Saturday.

Martins wins 7th Senate District seat

Mineola Mayor Jack Martins was officially declared the victor in his race against 7th State District Senator Craig Johnson by a Nassau County Supreme Court Judge on Saturday. But Johnson announced on … more

Alex Costello | 12/8/10

Redistricting commission is a must

In 2004, New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice published a report on the performance — or should we say the underperformance — of the New York State Legislature. The report’s first … more

11/12/10

Local incumbents keep their seats

The anticipated nationwide wave to oust incumbents didn’t make it all the way to the South Shore this Election Day, as most current office holders — both Democrats and Republicans — … more

Lee Landor | 11/10/10

Chuck Schumer, left, is facing challenger Jay Townsend.

Roundup: Two races for U.S. Senate

Schumer-Townsend New York’s senior senator, Chuck Schumer, is running for his third six-year term this November. The Democrat from Brooklyn is being challenged by Republican Jay Townsend, … more

10/27/10

Re-elect Skelos in the 9th Senate District

We endorse State Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos for another term in the Senate. more

10/27/10

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