Illinois residents will have the opportunity to give their two cents on whether the Land of Lincoln should keep its flag, opt ...

Several Long Island officials and organizations joined in the global outpouring of tributes to Jimmy Carter, the 39th ...

A verbal battle has broken out in Nassau County over Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's apparent ignoring of a nationwide request to honor former President Jimmy Carter.

The federal government is lowering flags to half-staff to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the same for state government buildings there. But ...

Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman is lowering flags for just three days—a significantly shorter period of time than most ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York’s Long Island has seemingly refused to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late Democratic President Jimmy Carter, ...

County Executive Bruce Blakeman seemingly refused to comply with the federal mandate, but on Sunday he released a statement ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said in a statement that the flags will be lowered on Tuesday through Thursday.

Critics had assailed the Nassau County executive for not ordering flags at half-staff to honor the 39th president.