By Sid Cassese.Sid.Cassese@newsday.Com, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Oct. 26--County Executive Thomas Suozzi proposed a bill yesterday that would ban the sale and distribution of certain invasive species of exotic plants that are environmentally unfriendly.

By William Murphy and Rick Brand, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Sep. 25--Only adults could buy most cough and cold medicines, which can be abused by youngsters, under legislation that was approved in committee yesterday by the Nassau County Legislature.

By Celeste Hadrick, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Mar. 14--Angered over reports that Nassau had been paying for needy tenants to live in an unsafe and illegal boarding house, a Nassau lawmaker proposed rules yesterday to prevent landlords from taking advantage of the county or the tenants. Legis.

By Sid Cassese, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Oct. 18--"We've got your back," County Executive Thomas Suozzi told Nassau Health Care Corp. officials yesterday as a four-year, $240-million capital renovation plan for that agency was announced.

By Sid Cassese, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Oct. 11--Nassau County legislators are expected to approve a bill today imposing heavy fines on those who encroach on county property and those who litter it, especially with so-called "bar cards" or commercial fliers.