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By Angeline R. July 06, 2012
Long Island Cares partners with Walmart of South Setauket to generate more donations, and help raise awareness about hunger & homelessness on Long Island.
By Amy Gernon July 05, 2012
In a surprising and historic decision, the Supreme Court has voted to uphold the individual mandate component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly called "Obamacare."
By Cait Russell June 28, 2012
Causeway Bait & Tackle of Wantagh has been providing the highest quality fishing supplies to Long Island Fishermen for over 60 years.
By Amy Gernon June 27, 2012
New York's strict regulations on taxing tobacco products is infringing on the rights of Native American manufacturers and retailers.
By Amy Gernon June 19, 2012
President Obama acknowledges the use of drones against al Qaeda.
By Lauren Pozmanter June 13, 2012
The Stony Brook Seawolves advance to the College World Series.
By Amy Gernon June 12, 2012
98 arrests were made last week during a massive, first-of-its-kind investigation of prescription pain killer abuses across Long Island.
By Amy Gernon June 03, 2012
Identical twin brothers, Daniel and Cory Amarosa, were charged with two bank robberies on Long Island.
By Amy Gernon May 26, 2012
10 more LIRR retirees have been charged for filing fraudulent disability claims to boost their retirement benefits.
By Amy Gernon May 26, 2012
A report from the Office of the Inspector General shows that Medicaid overpaid New York State $700 million in 2009 for residents with developmental disabilities.
By Amy Gernon May 25, 2012
In early May, Long Islanders held an anti-fracking forum in Port Washington against lifting the ban on hydrofracking in New York State. Nassau and Suffolk counties have already banned sewage treatment plants from accepting wastewater ...
By Amy Gernon May 14, 2012
When the Adelante Association announced the 46th annual Hispanic Day Parade was cancelled due to lack of funds, community groups stepped in to re-organize the event.
By Amy Gernon May 07, 2012
President Obama is scheduled to deliver an address on the economy at SUNY Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.
By Amy Gernon April 30, 2012
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assembly Labor Committee Chairman Keith Wright are building support for a statewide minimum wage increase.
By Amy Gernon April 23, 2012
Beginning in July, the interest rates on federally subsidized student loans will double from 3.4 to 6.8 percent.
By Amy Gernon April 16, 2012
Gov. Cuomo issued an Executive Order on Thursday establishing a statewide Health Exchange that will connect individual consumers and small businesses to low-cost coverage offered by the Affordable Care Act.
By Amy Gernon April 09, 2012
The supervising pharmacist at MOMS Pharmacy in Melville, along with three others, has been indicted for accepting bribes to sell illegally obtained black market HIV/AIDS medications, distributing the drugs to patients and defrauding Medicaid by ...
By Amy Gernon April 03, 2012
The constitutionality of President Obama's principal health care reform, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has been debated in front of the nine justices of the Supreme Court last week.
By Amy Gernon March 26, 2012
Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature have agreed to put a constitutional amendment allowing live table gambling in New York on the ballot for 2013.
By Amy Gernon March 20, 2012
Good-government critics have denounced Gov. Cuomo's decision to approve the State Legislature's partisan district lines.
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