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Tourism is “economic development in action,” Mitch Pally, interim CEO and president of Discover Long Island (DLI), told local leaders, noting its role in supporting downtowns, restaurants and hotels and boosting visitation to cultural institutions and parks.

Long Island’s school bus industry, already suffering from a driver shortage, will lose hundreds more drivers because of a Trump administration directive preventing immigrants with temporary residency from obtaining, or renewing, commercial driver’s licenses, officials said.

Ryan Stanton of the Long Island Federation of Labor emphasized the importance of growth and learning through new experiences.

"When experienced public employees leave in large numbers, you feel it immediately," said Kris Kalender, president of CSEA Local 830, the county's largest municipal labor union.

In the wake of heavy snow, some cesspool professionals have found themselves responding to a higher volume of calls — and for issues of greater severity — than usual, experts said.

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Historically, for every $10 that the price of a barrel of oil goes up, consumers can expect to see a roughly 25 cent increase per gallon of gas, Sinclair said. However, it normally takes about 20 days for the price in oil to filter down to the price consumers pay at the pump.