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Members of the Senate Republican Minority, business owners and labor leaders rallied at the Capitol to show their opposition to the NY Heat Act — calling for a cost-benefit analysis of New York’s climate policies that aim to align with the state’s clean energy vision. Climate activists say it’s too little too late.
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WSHU will deepen its engagement with communities across Connecticut and Long Island this year by partnering with other public radio stations across the country in an initiative called America Amplified Election 2024.
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) urged House Republicans to take up the National Security Act, which passed the Senate last month but is stalled in the House. The package includes legislation that aims to curb fentanyl trafficking and opioid overdose deaths in the U.S.
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Connecticut actor Camiryn Dorlinn is set to make her off-Broadway debut in the show “Fight or Flight” this weekend.
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A new health care system is coming to Connecticut and the Hudson Valley when New York-based Northwell Health merges with Nuvance Health.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul launched on Tuesday an expansion of school-based mental health programs in New York. This is part of a commitment Hochul made during her State of the State address to improve youth mental health services provided.
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OLA, an advocacy group that supports Latino residents on eastern Long Island, met with Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney and judges from the New York state court system earlier this month to discuss how to best serve non-native English speaking residents navigate the justice system.
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Republican lawmakers and school officials rallied on Sunday outside of a Levittown school bus yard in opposition to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate requiring all new buses purchased to be zero-emission, electric buses by 2027.
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The Art League of Long Island has reopened its doors to the public after being forced to close due to flood rains last September.
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has signed an executive order that bans girls' and women's sports teams at all levels — youth, college and professional — from using county athletic facilities unless the teams agree to keep transgender women off the roster.
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The Southampton Town Board has designated Oct. 1 as Shinnecock Heritage Day.
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Stony Brook University’s MFA program director Christine Vachon has been nominated for an Oscar for her work producing the film Past Lives.