A Long Island school district is promising to take “tremendous steps forward” following what the superintendent said was an ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has hailed a Democratic state senate seat victory in Pennsylvania as the start of the party’s ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority ...

Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted ...

The races for four open seats on the Lincoln Board of Education were officially set on Monday with the final filing deadline passed. Ahead of Monday's deadline for nonincumbents to file for the ...

MORICHES, N.Y. (PIX11) – Around a dozen kids fell ill after a student handed out edible marijuana gummies at a middle school on Long Island Monday, authorities said. The incident happened at ...

A student at William Floyd Middle School in Moriches handed out edible THC gummies to around a dozen students who became ill on Monday morning, March 3, the William Floyd School District confirmed.

Victor, N.Y. — An Upstate New York high school teacher raped a student and was put on leave, officials said Saturday. David W. Porter, 66, of Victor, raped a student under the age of 17 in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed spending $12.1 billion on funding for K-12 school districts in the 2026 fiscal year state budget, with more than two thirds of New Jersey districts seeing an increase ...

Clubs for Hispanic and Asian students were also among the student groups put on hold as officials raced to interpret Trump administration orders. By Sarah Mervosh At Lakenheath High School, a ...