Flags have been lowered to half-staff at federal, state and local buildings around the country to memorialize former ...

A Republican county official on Long Island is refusing to lower flags to half-staff following the death of former President Jimmy Carter.

Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said flags will be lowered to half-staff to commemorate former President Jimmy Carter, ending a period of uncertainty over whether the county ...

NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) – Flags are flying at half-staff across the country to commemorate former President Jimmy Carter — except for in one New York county. Nassau County Executive Bruce ...

United States flag code directs that American flags be lowered for 30 days after the death of a president, but thus far Nassau County has not taken part in the symbolic nationwide tribute to ...

A row has broken out in New York State's Nassau County after Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman allegedly ignored a request to lower American flags to half-staff on county buildings as a ...

“The flags in Nassau County will be at half-staff for President Carter from the commencement of Lying in State on January 7th through burial on January 9th,” Nassau County Executive Bruce ...

Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman had to be shamed into agreeing to lower US flags to half-mast in honor of the late ex-president Jimmy Carter. | TAG24 ...

Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman is lowering flags for just three days—a significantly shorter period of time than most other municipalities in New York State and across the country.

Home of the Brave’ is even my corporation’s name, so that’s what my employees see on their paychecks,” said owner Gus ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has done an about face after seemingly refusing to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late ...