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Albany's controversial commuter tax proposal got support from most of the Common Council Monday, but it faces an uphill fight in the New York State Legislature.
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The candidates for governor in New York are on opposite sides of a lawsuit seeking to overturn a state ban limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
New York Attorney General Letitia James says her office has prepared potential legal complaints, even as federal immigration officials say they won't send ICE agents to the polls.
Shawn Oliver was charged with operating under the influence after a multi-vehicle crash over the weekend.
Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko and Republican Ralph Ambrosio faced off on the debate stage Thursday as Election Day nears. The candidates are vying to represent New York's 20th Congressional District. WAMC's Sajina Shrestha was on the panel of reporters asking the candidates questions. She joined WAMC's Sam Dingman and Annie Bennett on Northeast Notebook Live to break down the evening.
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The candidates running for Vermont’s sole congressional seat traded barbs during a debate Thursday evening on WCAX-TV
Incumbent Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, who has held the seat for almost 40 years, faces independent challenger Nadia Milleron in a rematch from 2024 between the career politician and the aviation safety activist from Sheffield, who lost her daughter in a 2019 Boeing 737 Max jet crash in Ethiopia.
AI-generated election content is becoming more realistic and prevalent ahead of midterm elections in New York and the entire U.S.
People at a recent festival in Plattsburgh said they want to hear where candidates stand on the issues
Last week, the Siena Research Institute, in collaboration with WAMC, the Times Union, and WPTZ, published a poll showing Democrat Blake Gendebien up by 4% against his Republican opponent Anthony Constantino in the race to represent New York's 21st Congressional District. WAMC's Sam Dingman spoke with Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Aaron Shellow-Lavine, who has spent the last few days catching up with some of the folks who contributed to that poll, on Northeast Notebook Live about what he heard from voters.
Two years ago, Massachusetts lawmakers passed "an act modernizing firearm laws." The bill was extensive, and it took aim at everything from ghost guns to devices that arguably convert semi-automatic firearms into automatic machine guns. Now, though, voters have a chance to shoot it down. Ballot Question 9 is a referendum on the law, which critics have been calling overkill that overly burdens firearm owners. Advocates, meanwhile, argue the bill modernizes aging gun laws for a new era, while better protecting residents in a state with one of the lowest firearm death rates in the country.
Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos joined Ray Graf on Midday Magazine to discuss Tuesday night's debate.
On Tuesday night, New York gubernatorial candidates incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman will face off in a debate.
On Tuesday night, incumbent Massachusetts U.S. Sen., Ed Markey, will face his Republican challenger, John Deaton, in a debate.
After eight years in office, Vermont’s Republican governor is facing one of his tightest-ever races and campaign spending reflects the battle for the state’s highest seat.
WAMC's Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Aaron Shellow-Lavine sat down with Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner to discuss what she’s hearing from constituents in Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties and how she believes she's working to meet their needs.
WMHT's New York NOW unpacked the race for New York 20th Congressional District Representative between longtime Rep. Paul Tonko and Republican Challenger Ralph Ambrosio.
Democrat Sarah Rogerson faces an uphill battle in her challenge to one of the stalwarts of the Republican Party in the New York State Capitol. She sat down with Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Aaron Shellow-Lavine to discuss her campaign.
Republican Dan Stec has represented the district for six years. He's a Queensbury native and Navy veteran. This year, he's being challenged by Democrat Melissa Seale, a nurse practitioner in Glens Falls with three decades of experience in healthcare with a focus on youth mental health.
The top candidates for Massachusetts governor — Democratic incumbent Maura Healey and Republican Mike Minogue — faced off for their first debate Thursday night at Boston television station WBZ CBS Boston. But Western Massachusetts made more than one appearance. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos broke down the debate on Northeast Notebook Live with WAMC's Sam Dingman and Annie Bennett.
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We live in a time when political disagreements can end friendships, divide families, and make civil conversation feel nearly impossible. But what if friendship is precisely what our democracy needs most?In his new book, 'A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World,' Roger Berkowitz turns to the influential political philosopher Hannah Arendt, exploring how her remarkable friendships shaped her thinking about politics, truth, and human connection.Berkowitz argues that democracy depends not simply on agreeing about facts, but on learning to live with people who see the world differently.
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Using a targeted tactic of smaller groups, forming thousands of rallies, millions of protestors joined in the nationwide effort to push early voting.
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Here's what's behind the fluctuating costs of everyday grocery items such as ground beef, eggs and chocolate chip cookies.
