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Suit alleges Covanta plant left trail of toxic ash

A former employee of Covanta’s waste-to-energy plant in Hempstead has alleged in a state whistleblower lawsuit that the company improperly ...

Spin Cycle Suffolk GOP wants South Shore Press as paper
Suffolk Republicans want to install The South Shore Press as their official newspaper for county legal ads for the last three months of 2019 and dump the Village Times Herald, based in East Setauket.
Spin Cycle Nassau Conservatives back some Democrats
Two Democrats and an independent county legislator who caucuses with the party are running with the Conservative Party line for the first time in the November election.
Rick Brand Brand: Anxiety over contract for health centers
County Executive Steve Bellone so far has balked at putting before county lawmakers a new contract with a nonprofit that ...
Politics See results from midterm elections
See vote totals for hundreds of candidates from local, statewide and federal races on your ballot.
Joye Brown Brown: For parties, it's appoint now, elect later
Republicans do it. Democrats do it.
Region/State Bill would allow using campaign funds for day care
The law would enable more people to run for state and local office by avoiding the high out-of-pocket cost of additional day care on a tight household budget, said Sen. Shelley Mayer.
Region/State Connections can mean business for some lobbyists
Among the lobbying firms that special interests can choose from are one whose partner is the father of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's chief of staff.
Politics Shaun McKay ends tenure as SCCC president
Shaun McKay's move came as college trustees unanimously approved a settlement with him that terminated his contract 15 months early.
Health State health officials eye fungus guidelines
Among the possibilities are tough, state-mandated guidelines that would require pre-admission laboratory tests for hospital and nursing home patients considered at high-risk of carrying the fungus.
Spin Cycle Suffolk GOP challenges Bellone's bid for ballot line
Suffolk Republicans filed general objections to Democratic County Executive Steve Bellone's bid for a separate "Protect the Taxpayers" ballot line for his re-election in November
Dan Janison Janison: A party loyalist dodges the spotlight
Former White House counsel Don McGahn is a Republican election lawyer by trade who, from what we know now, may ...