Long Island’s Hempstead School District says it plans to close an elementary school and cut jobs over a $34 million budget shortfall it blames on parents preferring charter to public schools.

Hempstead school officials called for state intervention Thursday, as the district faces a "financial crisis" that they blamed on rising charter school tuition payments. The Nassau district is ...

The Hempstead School District issued a plea for financial relief from the state on Thursday, March 6, to avoid program cuts in the face of a deficit that could exceed $30 million for the 2025-26 ...

Hempstead and North Hempstead, which share a border with Queens, are among the towns that voted to opt out of allowing retail pot stores, and officials there say some new dispensaries are too ...

The Town of Hempstead used unlawful evidence against drivers accused of passing stopped school buses, including from bus cameras meant for security, not traffic enforcement, lawyers suing the ...