Nassau legislators serve two-year terms and there are no term limits. Other countywide offices, including that of the county ...

A landmark settlement in a suit brought by Democrats was signed on Thursday, Jan. 23, providing Nassau County with a new ...

New York's Nassau County agreed on Thursday to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color. Once approved by the court, the county will ...

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

The settlement -- the first of its kind under the New York Municipal Home Rule Law and New York Voting Rights Act -- secures fair maps for Nassau County voters, replacing Nassau County's current ...

Democrats are looking to un-arm Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's so-called "citizen deputies." They are ...

In the spring of 1970, the historic Raby Castle in County Durham played host to an extraordinary cinematic event—the filming of Hamlet, starring none other than Richard Chamberlain. For a brief ...

SUGAR GROVE, Pa. — For decades, Old Order Amish families in their tiny community in northern Warren County have resisted local officials over a critical component of daily Amish life — outhouses.

SUGAR GROVE, Pa. — For decades, Old Order Amish families in their tiny community in northern Warren County have resisted local officials over a critical component of daily Amish life — outhouses.

Nassau County will become the largest police force in New York state, and among the largest in the country, to be granted special powers to crack down on illegal immigration, he said. The Republic ...