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Tell Congress to protect Planned Parenthood

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. more

1/26/17

Mangano offers new budget to NIFA

Nonprofit social-service agencies like the Five Towns Community Center were facing steep funding cuts by Nassau County as late as Monday night. more

By Erik Hawkins and Mary Malloy | 12/7/16

Legislature passes plan NIFA vowed to reject

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. more

By Erik Hawkins | 11/21/16

Fiscal challenges for W.H. schools?

A financial audit conducted by New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli reported last week that the West Hempstead school district may be heading towards fiscal challenges. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 7/20/16

Third-party candidate choices let voters down

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 . . . more

6/9/16

Call for contract watchdog is mostly about politics

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 . . . more

4/28/16

Budget should have addressed corruption

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 … more

By Alex Costello | 4/6/16

Protestors rallied outside of Gate 3 at Belmont Park on March 26 to urge state lawmkers to support two bils banning VLTs on Long Island.

Deal brokered ending VLTs at Belmont

A deal has been struck leasing Nassau OTB’s 1,000 video lottery terminals to Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct racetrack in exchange for annual payments totally $43 million over the first three … more

By Steve Smirti | 3/31/16

State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages commended State Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky for publicly denouncing OTB’s plan for VLTs at Belmont Park. Steve Smirti/Herald

Dozens rally against VLTs at Belmont

Nearly 100 people gathered at Gate 3 of Belmont Park on Saturday to urge state lawmakers to support two bills that would prohibit electronic gaming on Long Island. The rally, organized by the … more

By Steve Smirti | 3/29/16

State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages spoke at an anti-VLT rally on Jan. 30. A bill to repeal legislation allowing VLTs on Long Island was introduced in the State Senate on March 17. She co sponsored a similar bill in the Assembly.

Bills threaten VLT facility

A bill intended to prevent the installation of electronic gaming machines on Long Island was introduced in the State Senate on March 17. The legislation, offered by Sen. Tony Avella, a Democrat … more

By Steve Smirti | 3/23/16

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