Trending on Twitter in the suburbs and the city this morning: — #theatershooting, James Holmes, Denver, Batman, Warner Bros and Columbine. A gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire during a midnight screening of the Warner Bros. Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo. The suburban Denver community… Read More →
Commentary on today’s news and opinion, from readers and newsmakers. The Supreme Court shot down part of the controversial Arizona immigration law yesterday, but the most sensitive of the state’s provisions — requiring police to check the immigration status of anybody they detain or arrest if they have “reasonable suspicion”... Read More →
Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: Astorino and the election: Editorial In our Westchester-Putnam edition, we carried an editorial that analyzed the still-unclear results of Tuesday’s election. The Democratic “supermajority” on Westchester County Board of Legislators is in play and we look at the implications for Republican County Executive… Read More →
The Journal News/LoHud.com Editorial Board holds endorsement interviews with candidates in key contests on the Nov. 8 ballot. Voters may watch LIVE online at www.lohud.com/editorialspotlight; questions can be submitted via our CoverItLive live-blogging feature. The following endorsement hearings are scheduled: Tuesday: 1 p.m. Clarkstown supervisor (Alexander Gromack* vs. Ralph Sabatini).... Read More →
Good Monday morning. Here’s a digest of opinion content published over the weekend in The Journal News: Saturday, Aug. 20 We carried two essays that assessed the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, which mandates that the manufacture of 100-watt incandescent light bulbs cease on Jan. 1, 2012. By 2014,... Read More →
Good Thursday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today: Gloria Nartey and Mount Vernon: Editorial We comment on the Monday shooting of Gloria Nartey, a 27-year-old Mount Vernon woman who was shot and killed as she walked around South 12th Avenue. Nartey, a PepsiCo employee, was simply walking… Read More →
Mount Vernon Mayor Clinton Young and Westchester County Board of Legislators Vice Chairman Lyndon Williams, D-Mount Vernon, discuss the Atlantic Development and Memorial Field, in an Editorial Spotlight interview with Journal News/LoHud.com opinion page editors at 2 p.m. today on LoHud.com. To watch LIVE, go to www.lohud.com/editorialspotlight; to ask a… Read More →
The Editorial Board will host two Editorial Spotlight interviews this week: • Union leaders and municipal leaders discuss binding arbitration, the Taylor Law, and what they mean to taxpayers and relations between public employees and management, in an Editorial Spotlight interview 2 p.m. Wednesday on LoHud.com. Municipal officials and local… Read More →
Good Tuesday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: State championships: Editorial We laud three Lower Hudson Valley state championship teams: Mount Vernon’s boys basketball team captured the Class AA title on Sunday while Irvington’s girls basketball team secured the Class B title and… Read More →
Good morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published in The Journal News today, Tuesday, Jan. 25: Civil commitment: Editorial We comment on New York’s four-year-old civil commitment program, which monitors high-risk sex offenders and has its roots in a White Plains tragedy. The program has been the focus of… Read More →