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Long Island nursing employment drops amid shortages
The Point is Newsday Opinion's daily newsletter inside the local, city and state political scenes.
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Fighting dementia could be as easy as the shingles vaccine
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Naturalization now a sad state of affairs, more
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Long Island ratepayers deserve answers
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Trump officials snub important hearing
This wasn't a last-minute hearing on an obscure point of policy.
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Ticket more drivers to make LI's roads safer
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After failed promises, Blakeman aims for governor
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Feds' hepatitis B change endangers babies
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NUMC is poised for recovery
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Long Island ratepayers deserve answers
Where did these folders come from? Who compiled them?
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Give more NYers access to music therapy
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SUNY enrollment promising, but more changes needed
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These are the ghosts we need
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Restore the moment of silence in our schools
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A hometown that never really let go
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The Point
It's up to WFP to avoid being hijacked
Only the party itself can or will be held responsible for whom it nominates.
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Incoherent Ukraine policy yields a big setback
The policy chaos has gotten worse since the "peace plan" was unveiled.
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As memory fades into history, what then?
Pearl Harbor will be remembered and commemorated, as it is every Dec. 7.
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Cartoons
Commentary
Fighting dementia could be as easy as the shingles vaccine
That's something everyone surely would be clamoring to get.
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Long Island ratepayers deserve answers
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Frank Gehry's generous and democratic architecture
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You need more friends who aren't like you
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Give more NYers access to music therapy
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More Opinion
Davies' Bruce Blakeman cartoons
One retracted study doesn't cancel climate science
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Bring the Winter Olympics to NY
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Hep B shift is a mistake, superintendents pay, ranked choice voting
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Incoherent Ukraine policy yields a big setback
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Feds' hepatitis B change endangers babies
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June 24 cost Long Islanders a lot
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The true cost of Warner Bros. selling its soul to Netflix
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The US and the world need Poland as a full member of G20
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Musings: In Congress, it's about time for a generational reset
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Musings: Priced out, fans miss Broadway joy
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Musings: Standardize car lease rules
As memory fades into history, what then?
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NUMC is poised for recovery
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Legal immigration process breaking
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Nassau border plans, faith voices lift hope up, more
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These are the ghosts we need
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As Nassau looks at no protest zones, state lawmakers make a move
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Standardized tests were built for a predictable world that is gone
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Nassau moves to limit protests at places of religious worship
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If cars are too expensive, just pump more gas. What?
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Military was missing morality, watching students in schools
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Queens 'border' defense is less than meets the eye
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After casino try, there's opportunity at Hub
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Restore the moment of silence in our schools
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Pre-K spots on LI are below the statewide average
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Stay healthy with regular checkups
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As a teacher, I'm seeing the death of American education
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Zeldin's EPA, Bethpage Black change, Jews and Mamdani, more
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Pardoning big-time drug criminal makes Caribbean killings more disturbing
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Nassau could hit jackpot from Resorts World license win
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What US can learn from one of the world's most successful democracies
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3 audacious predictions for an unpredictable era
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Arguing Guardsmen on America's streets, pardons, Ukraine truce
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Casino payday on way must be well spent
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Anti-immigration animus at new level
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Does Trump's low approval rating spell trouble even for Garbarino in 2026?
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The rise of pet-vaccine hesitancy — and why it matters
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AI is more likely to cause a labor shortage
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Musings: Nursing isn't a minor field
Musings: Waste less food, waste less money
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A hometown that never really let go
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Going with 6-7 for '25 means ... something
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Under Trump, the swamp gets thicker still
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Hunger touches every part of a person's life
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Give generously, however you can
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NCC's Maria Conzatti, Hempstead Town's outside legal fees
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We are thankful once again
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This organ donation was a match 'meant to be'
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The American middle class is shrinking, and that's OK
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Naturalization now a sad state of affairs, more
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Climate aims dim, Nassau a Blakeman steppingstone?
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Mamdani's history scaring some Jews, parks entry, student loans
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Hep B shift is a mistake, superintendents pay, ranked choice voting
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Musings: In Congress, it's about time for a generational reset
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