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Students in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District are reacting after learning that more than 20 staffers will be laid off in the face of budget cuts.
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(Airs 05/22/26 @ 3 p.m. & 05/24/26 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk about how to cover a President who uses profanity, retired AP reporter David Bauder’s optimism for the future of the journalism industry, what makes a good news consumer, and much more.
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New York Public News Network reporters Jimmy Vielkind and Samuel King talk about the latest developments at the State Capitol in Albany.
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New York legislators passed education spending bills Wednesday. -
New York’s late state budget could delay disability and health programs as lawmakers debate funding and advocates push for higher human services wages. -
Republican opponent Bruce Blakeman said the governor owes small businesses and hourly workers "who got completely screwed by her incompetence" in three-day strike.
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The search giant is updating its famously minimalist homepage. But what looks like a tiny design change is a very big deal.
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When Pat Gentile began to grow out her hair after chemotherapy, she was nervous to go to work for the first time without a wig. An unexpected encounter with a convenience store stranger changed that. -
There's been a shift in attention in the party ahead of the midterms as voters rank affordability the top issue. That raises questions about what an evolving message on reproductive rights looks like. -
Republicans promise that $50 billion in new health funding will help rural America. But it's not expected to aid the years-long effort in North Carolina's Martin County to reopen its only hospital.
