Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has cut Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lead in the New York governor’s race to 10 points, according to the Siena College Research Institute survey released Aug. 12- down from a 20-point gap in the same pollster’s June measurement. The 10-point figure has driven a week of coverage framing the contest as unexpectedly competitive. It has also...
August 23, 2026
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786,000 to One: How America’s Citizen-to-Representative Ratio Quietly Became One of the Worst in the Developed World
The Democratic Socialists of America released a national program in July 2026 called “Workers Deserve More,” and buried inside the coverage of its more incendiary planks is a structural argument that deserves a hearing on its own terms: the platform calls for expanding the House of Representatives, implementing proportional representation and ranked-choice voting, and abolishing the Senate. Two-thirds of that...
Egg Recalls and the Vaccine America Approved but Won’t Use
Introduction On July 22, 2026, Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. pulled 1,589,577 dozen shell eggs roughly 19 million eggs off the market because they might be carrying Salmonella Enteritidis. Three weeks later, the Food and Drug Administration upgraded that recall to Class I, its most severe designation, meaning the agency believes eating the product could reasonably cause serious illness or death....
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Blakeman Closes to 10 Points on Hochul But the Poll That Moved Changed Its Own Rules
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has cut Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lead in the New York governor’s race to 10 points,...
786,000 to One: How America’s Citizen-to-Representative Ratio Quietly Became One of the Worst in the Developed World
The Democratic Socialists of America released a national program in July 2026 called “Workers Deserve More,” and buried inside the...
Egg Recalls and the Vaccine America Approved but Won’t Use
Introduction On July 22, 2026, Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. pulled 1,589,577 dozen shell eggs roughly 19 million eggs off the...
Clean Air Worked. The Climate Bill Is Coming Due.
A study published this summer in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters found that Europe’s summers have warmed faster than...
Grades Rise as Reading and Math Proficiency Falls: Nashville’s Grade-Change Allegations and the Accountability Gap
On Tuesday, Aug. 12, Metro Nashville Public Schools leaders presented state test data to the district’s board and described some...
Number of U.S. Homebuyers Falls to Record Low as Sellers Outnumber Them by Half a Million
The number of Americans actively shopping for a home fell to the lowest level on record in July, according to...
After 9/11, Congress Made Flight Schools Vet Foreign Students. Drone Schools Were Never Included.
Introduction Twenty-two months after the September 11 attacks, Congress wrote a rule into law that still governs American flight instruction....
The Governor’s Race Isn’t the Race: Why Trump Came to Garden City
President Donald Trump landed on Long Island Friday afternoon for remarks at the Nassau County Police Academy Center for Training...