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Parents, teachers and school administrators on Long Island all understand the gravity of the youth vaping epidemic. Young people are using vaping devices at alarming rates, exposing themselves to nicotine and numerous other dangerous chemicals that have adverse effects on their health. New York state must respond to this crisis by requiring greater transparency when it comes to the sale of vaping products, holding distributors accountable for illegal sales and rigorously enforcing penalties for bad actors.

An advocacy group determined to save local news in New York rallied in Albany in an effort to bring more lawmakers to their cause.

Authorities known as industrial development agencies hand out nearly $11 billion worth of subsidies each year.

A New York commission that will recommend whether to give reparations for slavery and discrimination to black residents hasn't even met yet -- but it's already sparked a among black New Yorkers over who should be eligible for payouts.

This story originally appeared on Stateline. CLERMONT, Fla. — It was just after sunset, and the evening traffic was buzzing on Highway 50 as 24-year-old Elijah Kinlaw popped into his local Walgreens in Clermont, Florida, to pick up some smokes. He had just finished a long day working at a local roofing company, and he […] The post States consider menthol cigarette bans as feds delay action appeared first on Alabama Reflector.