Ian Pickus
News DirectorA lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in late 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and various newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.
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Capital Region state lawmakers are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to reconsider a proposal that would establish Buffalo and Stony Brook as the State University of New York’s flagship campuses. -
Several mayors from our listening area are in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 90th Winter Meeting this week including Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan.
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Before he was vice president and president, Joe Biden spent most of his adult life in the U.S. Senate. Now he has joined a growing chorus of Democratic voices that want to do away with one of the Senate’s most entrenched traditions: the filibuster.
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Etan Thomas was a basketball star at Syracuse and then spent more than a decade in the NBA with the Wizards, Thunder and Hawks. But basketball has only been part of his focus.
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The University at Albany and Siena College say they will announce details of a new men’s basketball series on Tuesday.
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Democratic Troy Mayor Patrick Madden has named a new deputy mayor. Madden says Christopher Nolin will begin February 14.
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If you got a gift card for Christmas, spend it soon. That’s the message from New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
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The State University of New York system is in a time of transition, as it searches for a new permanent chancellor. During her State of the State Address Wednesday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a further overhaul of SUNY, saying she wants the system to become “the state’s engine for economic development and upward mobility” by 2030.
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A New York commission designed to independently draw new statewide congressional and legislative districts based on the 2020 census data succumbed to politics early this month when members divided along party lines and presented two opposing plans to the state Legislature.
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A second state Senator from Western Massachusetts is running for Lieutenant Governor. Longmeadow Democrat Eric Lesser, who is in his fourth term, joined the field Tuesday.
