After Hochul signed the state-level bill, the Lunar New Year was added as one of the public school holidays. However, the ...

The one-day holiday — which typically comes in late January or early February — was added to all New York public school calendars in 2024.

State health officials are checking New Mexico residents for possible exposure to measles, following two cases reported in ...

Recent legislation modifies the education law to officially recognize the Asian Lunar New Year as a public school holiday ...

Hochul signed legislation in September 2023 declaring the day a public school holiday in support of the state's Asian American and Pacific ... Lunar New Year has marked the beginning of a new year in ...

Schools did not close for Lunar New Year in the first year of the new law because the holiday fell on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 ...

The Significance of Lunar New Year Rooted in centuries-old traditions, Lunar New Year is a time for renewal, family reunions, ...

Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, ...

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng has reintroduced measures to make the Lunar New Year a federal holiday in conjunction with a resolution ...

El Paso's annual Lunar New Year festival celebrated local East and Southeast Asian communities in welcoming the beginning of ...

Parents across New York might wonder why their kids don’t have school on Wednesday, Jan. 29, well, the Lunar New Year is to ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...