Andrew Waite
Managing EditorAndrew Waite has worked as The Daily Gazette’s featured news columnist, an editor at Alaska Airlines magazine, and in community newspapers in Montana and Alaska. He is a graduate of Albany High School and Boston University’s journalism school, and he returned to the Capital Region with his wife, daughter and son in 2021.
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New York’s students are showing marked improvement in English, math and science. That’s according to the preliminary 2024/2025 statewide testing data released by the New York State Education Department earlier this week. The results show 53% of New York third and eighth grade students are proficient in English Language Arts – up from 46% of students a year ago – while the percentage of students in those grades proficient in math increased from 52% last year to 55% this year. Meanwhile, fifth and eighth grade science proficiency rates have jumped from 35% to 44% over the past year. WAMC’s Andrew Waite discussed the test results with NYSED’s Assistant Commissioner for the Office of State Assessment Zachary Warner. -
With one of Canada’s worst wildfire seasons on record continuing to burn, most people have a sense of the emergency response required on the ground to fight forest fires. But the smoky haze intermittently blanketing Northeastern skies this summer signifies its own form of crisis that can test local and regional emergency personnel. WAMC’s Andrew Waite discussed these efforts with Empire State University’s Assistant Professor of Emergency Management Njoki Mwarumba. -
Over the past two weeks, four horses at Saratoga Race Course were euthanized and another died after receiving pre-race medications. While the New York Racing Association made big strides in lowering deaths during training and racing at Saratoga in 2024, the number of deaths so far this year could put the Saratoga racing and training season on track to match the troubling 2023 season. -
After Congressional Republicans passed the One Big Beautiful Bill last month, members have returned to their home districts, where some lawmakers have been discussing the tax and spending package with constituents. WAMC’s Andrew Waite spoke with the New York Public News Network’s Jimmy Vielkind about how the politics around the law are playing out in upstate New York. -
New York State is currently taking comments on its draft transportation master plan. WAMC’s Andrew Waite discussed the plan and its importance with the New York Public News Network’s Jimmy Vielkind. -
WAMC’s Andrew Waite speaks to the New York Public News Network’s Jimmy Vielkind about uncertainty state officials are feeling after the passage of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill."
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Many — especially New York state leaders – have been sounding the alarm about crippling consequences coming from Medicaid cuts included in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” that President Trump signed this month. But the Empire Center’s Bill Hammond says New York is better positioned than most states to weather the loss of federal support. -
WAMC’s Andrew Waite spoke this week with the TU’s data reporter Emilie Munson and then followed up with Albany Medical Center General Director Jason Mouzakes. -
Several states, including New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut, are on the list that Democratic leaders blast as fear-mongering. -
WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Andrew Waite, News Columnist for The Daily Gazette, about Democratic primary election results in Schenectady County.
