State aid represents a big chunk of funding for local schools. But since the state budget is delayed, districts aren’t exactly sure what they’re getting this year.

Community members in Islip are up in arms about an upcoming contract renewal between the town government and ICE that allows the agency to use a local firing range for target practice.

On Long Island, advocates for the environment and green jobs gathered Monday to celebrate South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S.

Bird populations have declined at an alarming rate in recent decades, but there’s still reason for optimism, according to ornithologist and author Scott Weidensaul. His new book highlights conservation success stories and their implications for the future. WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with him to learn more.

In a newly introduced bill titled the Bipartisan IVF for Military Families Act, Republicans and Democrats have come together to advocate for in vitro fertilization coverage for our active-duty military.

Up to $3.5 million in public funding is at stake.

Suffolk County officials have announced special plans as the nation gears up for its 250th Fourth of July celebrations, including an art and history exhibit now on display at the H. Lee Dennison building in Hauppauge.

Appearing with other GOP lawmakers and candidates Thursday in Schoharie County, he said the state has fast-tracked the conversion of farmland into massive solar and wind projects.

The New York state budget is stalled, and the insults are starting to fly.

Democrats have been taking turns filing the resolutions. They aren’t all the same, but they follow similar language: that the president should have to come to Congress before authorizing any more military action in Iran.