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ProvidedWAMC's Samantha Simmons spoke with Holmes and his protégé Ryan Lee Crosby about their efforts to keep blues alive ahead of their sets at the Meadowlark Festival this weekend. -
(Airs 09/12/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The ICE raid on a food-processing plant in Central New York has quickly become a flashpoint in the immigration debate, will catch up with Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado in Syracuse where his Gubernatorial campaign is underway, and Plattsburgh secures a major bus manufacturing contract.
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An Albany County legislator says accusations he doesn't live in the district he represents are politically motivated. -
(Airs 09/11/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with Democratic New York State Senator James Skoufis about his issue with the Public Service Commission granting a rate increases to Central Hudson Gas & Electric, why he’s concerned about Democrats running away from New York City Democratic Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, and much more. -
Paddlers will take to Forked Lake on Saturday to protest the potential development of a 36,600-acre private park in the Adirondacks. -
Matt Chinian wasn’t always a painter. But now, Hudson Valley Community College is opening a new art exhibit featuring nearly 1,000 pieces created by the Cambridge, New York-based artist. -
Following multiple setbacks, two Schenectady City Councilors kicked off their re-election campaigns Tuesday. -
A cannabis company is planning to open a processing facility in Middletown, New York, but it won’t sell its wares there, due to the city’s own rules against dispensaries. -
Following last week's raid of a Cayuga County food factory, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York John Sarcone issued a strong warning to employers who hire undocumented immigrants. -
As solar companies continue to target farms as prime real estate for their arrays, scientists at Cornell have turned their research to agrivoltaics — the method of combining agricultural production and solar panels on the same farmland space. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas discussed the effort with Matt Sturchio, a postdoctoral associate at Cornell’s Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. -
WAMC’ David Guistina in conversation with Mike Goodwin, News Editor at the Times Union, about New York attorney general Letitia James being to defend the state’s shield law from a Texas challenge. -
A local activist is urging Albany community members to actively monitor Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.
