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Albany, NY – New York's Michael Arcuri joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss his EAT Healthy Bill, Iraq funding, and the economy of upstate New York.

By Carrie Saldo

Ghent, NY – The Art Omi visitor's center is one of 377 projects registered in New York state with the U.S. Green Building Council. WAMC's Carrie Saldo, recently toured the site and filed this report;

By Paul Tuthill

Amherst, MA – A number of grants have been awarded to boost the so-called cultural economy of Western Massachusetts.. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports...

By Pat Bradley

Montpelier, VT – The Vermont House has failed to override Governor Jim Douglas' first veto. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Dave Lucas

Albany, NY – Amid concerns that the future of Health Care in Schenectady County is at stake, County Legislators want to send a representative along with one from Bellevue Women's Hospital to join merger talks between Ellis and St. Claire's hospitals. Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.

Albany, NY – What is a hook up? According to Washington Post parenting reporter, Laura Sessions Stepp, the term eludes a neat definition. And that is by design.

Session has just written about the subject in the book "Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Avoid Love, And Lose At Both."

Albany, NY – Word For The Wise #3215--04/06/07: Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and...quoits?

By Carrie Saldo

Dalton, MA – Dalton, Massachusetts' based Crane and Company is negotiating leases with two renewable energy firms interested in setting up shop in the Berkshires. And as our Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo, reports, one company is considering developing a 30 to 50 megawatt biomass facility;

By Dave Lucas

Albany, NY – Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings has taken the wraps off a new plan to strengthen gun registration laws in the city. Capital Distrcit Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.

By Pat Bradley

Lake Pleasant, NY – The New York State Assembly Republican Steering Committee sponsored a meeting with local government leaders in Hamilton County on Wednesday to discuss the need for comprehensive cell phone and broadband service in the Adirondacks. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.