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After several years of work and study, Long Beach this week released a 300-plus-page plan for what the city should look like in decades to come, complete with recommendations for updating the …

In a surprise announcement only months after losing her re-election bid to represent the Fourth District in Congress, Democrat Laura Gillen said Wednesday morning that she plans to run for the seat she lost to Republican Anthony D’Esposito. 

The City of Long Beach has proposed a 2023-24 budget with a 12.74 percent tax rate — the highest in several years and more than double the current 5 percent. The proposed spending plan totals …

A plan Long Beach proposed two weeks ago to invite a new vendor or vendors to use the iconic MLK Center in the city’s largely Black North Park section — a move that could force out the …

In a move likely to spark intense debate, Long Beach acting City Manager Ron Walsh said the city is soliciting requests for proposals to nonprofit, youth, recreation and other organizations …

The Long Beach City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire three law firms and an engineering company to help study a proposal by the Norway-based energy company Equinor to build a wind farm …

Riverdale Press photo editor Hiram Alejandro Durán secured a first place award for best art photo category at the New York Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest in Albany last weekend.

While Long Beach is searching for a new city manager to replace Donna Gayden, who resigned in January after nearly three years in the post, Ron Walsh, the city’s police commissioner and now its …

Frederick K. Brewington, one of Long Island’s most prominent civil rights attorneys, called this week for a civilian complaint review board after two civil suits were filed against Long Beach …

Long Beach residents could be facing a double-digit tax hike in the coming fiscal year. The increase is primarily the result of a $5.5 million down payment on a $75 settlement with Manhattan …