We talk about the big budget issues in Washington, but they affect real people," the Senate's top Democrat said.

Residents in six Brooklyn City Council districts can vote on how to allocate millions in city funds from March 29 to April 6.

As gentrification continues and affordable housing disappears, Council Member Crystal Hudson’s State of the District Address ...

The Brookhaven, Levittown, and Holbrook fire districts and departments agreed to pay civil fines of $28,000 related to discriminatory hiring practice allegations. "There shouldn't be any other ...

Nita Lowey, Powerful Congresswoman For Decades, Dies Nita Lowey, a powerful member of Congress for decades while representing parts of downstate New York, has died. She was 87. Lowey, who represented ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted to allow funding to the government. The US has averted a government shutdown after the Senate passed a Republican-led measure to keep the government ...

State Senate districts include about 320,000 people on ... to appear on MSNBC alongside Representative Dan Goldman, a Democrat from Brooklyn who had just endorsed him. But he was in town for ...

Shimia Nord, a senior at Duluth East, makes a grand entrance holding hands with her closest friends for her early graduation/birthday party at Clyde Iron Works in Duluth on March 1. Nord has been ...

What does 'Last 10' mean? The 'Last 10' information shows this horse's finishing position in its last 10 races. With the most recent on the right. An 'x' signifies a spell and 0 means the horse ...

The measure now goes to the Senate, where the GOP will need Democratic ... they’ll push members in competitive battleground districts to follow their lead. “House Democrats will not be ...