A 5-cent fee on plastic bags was inposed by the county on Jan. 1 of this year.

Two senior state senators from Long Island are introducing a bill that would lengthen the time for the reduction of taxes paid by LIPA on power plants, while providing a fund to limit the impact on local communities.

A former Democratic Suffolk legislator will face off in a special election for the vacant 10th Assembly District seat Tuesday against a Republican political newcomer.

The chief executive and president of the health system that runs the Nassau University Medical Center was unanimously fired.

Suffolk County Community College trustees Thursday proposed a $226.3 million budget that would increase tuition for full-time students by a record $350 in the next school year and raise fees.

Friday appears to be kicking off a string of dry days, forecasters say.

Firefighters from at least eight departments battled a blaze that fire officials said appears to have started in a commercial building in Babylon.

A plan to transform land along Jericho Turnpike on the Elwood-Dix Hills border into a 486,380-square-foot commercial center drew more than 100 residents to a heated community meeting Wednesday night.

A Northport Victorian built in 1870s that had been listed for $829,000 recently went into contract.

Detectives are hoping the picture of a watch will help lead them to the burglar who is suspected of causing the death of a retired minister on Shelter Island.

Three men have been charged in the death of a man shot in the back early this month in Valley Stream, Nassau police said Wednesday.

An attorney who served as outside counsel to the Town of Oyster Bay when it first guaranteed a loan for restaurateur Harendra Singh testified Wednesday that he witnessed Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano put his hand on Singh's shoulder at a crucial April 2010 meeting on the deal and tell the room, "Let's get this thing done."

Potential avenues for reducing noise and traffic at East Hampton Airport -- ranging from instituting a curfew to closing the Wainscott facility -- are under review by town officials.

An attorney for the midshipman, who was suspended after an academy hearing on sexual-assault allegations, says in the lawsuit that the accusations are false and he should be allowed to permanently return to the school.

Suffolk County Democrats have filed a campaign finance complaint against state Assembly candidate Janet Smitelli, alleging the Republican hasn't fully disclosed some funding sources of her campaign.

Long Island goes back into rain mode Thursday, with the continuation of below-normal temperatures for this time of year, forecasters say.

The store has ties to Camp Hero, the Air Force station that partially inspired the hit sci-fi show "Stranger Things."

The store has ties to Camp Hero, the Air Force station that partially inspired the hit sci-fi show "Stranger Things."

The clubhouse at Southampton's storied National Golf Links of America was "significantly" damaged Wednesday by a roof top blaze possibly ignited by a spark from a worker's saw, officials said.

The LIRR has fewer workers, but spends more on labor than Metro-North, says the Citizens Budget Commission, a fiscal watchdog.