WAMC's award-winning daily news magazine brings listeners the latest in local, national, and world news. Join Lucas Willard each weekday for the latest. Samantha Simmons hosts the weekend edition. The work of the WAMC News team is complemented each day with news and features from the BBC and Stardate. Midday Magazine also offers a comprehensive regional weather summary and a range of commentators who span the political spectrum. Highlights from the WAMC Listener Comment Line are usually aired on Friday's edition of Midday Magazine.
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Now well over a month late, it appears that Governor Hochul and state lawmakers are on a path to finish off the budget, which was due on April 1st. Since the final budget agreement will be the latest since 2010, the tardiness will squeeze the time available to tackle non-budget topics. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Wednesday, May 13, 2026. -
A recruiting poster in Britain during World War I depicted a father in a comfortable chair with his daughter on his lap, as she asked him an uncomfortable question.
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NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
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As the June primaries for New York’s 21st Congressional District seat approach, Republican Anthony Constantino has filed campaign finance complaints against his opponent, Robert Smullen. -
On Monday, WAMC broke the news that the town of Dalton, Massachusetts, had ended its mutual aid agreement with the neighboring community of Hinsdale following a controversial police killing in January. -
The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution prohibits racial discrimination in districting. By parity of logic, it prohibits partisan discrimination in districting. The Court protects both.
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NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Monday, May 11, 2026.
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As accessing affordable, fresh, local produce remains difficult in many urban communities across the Northeast, one organic farm in Amsterdam, New York, is getting to the root of the problem. -
My last commentary introduced what I considered a “skunk at the picnic” argument - namely that the interdiction of oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz was a good thing for the long term survival of humanity. My argument was that we need to stop consuming fossil fuels as quickly as possible - yesterday would not have been soon enough.
