Jesse King
Hudson Valley Bureau Chief/Host, 51%Jesse King is the host of WAMC's national program on women's issues, "51%" and the station's bureau chief in the Hudson Valley. She has also produced episodes of the WAMC podcast "A New York Minute In History."
A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, King first joined the WAMC newsroom as an intern in September 2018. She grew up an avid writer and radio-nerd in Apalachin, New York, and spent much of her college years managing WONY 90.9 FM, contributing to the student-run podcast, "Oneonta Voices," and interning with Phoenix FM in Dublin, Ireland. She holds a B.A. in Music Industry and Mass Communications, and plays the fiddle in her free time.
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Roughly five years after Dutchess County announced plans to replace the old YMCA in Poughkeepsie, the project has stalled without shovels ever hitting the ground. A new report from the county comptroller details how it broke down. -
You may want to think twice before you light that campfire this summer. A growing initiative by Bard College to track air quality in the Hudson Valley finds woodburning continues to be the biggest source of air pollution in and around Kingston. -
More than 100 Catskill residents turned out for a “visioning workshop” to discuss their goals for the village’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award. The village is holding an open call for project proposals through August 18. -
On this week’s 51%, we speak with Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson about how President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” budget bill in Congress would impact the organization’s clinics. Johnson warns Medicaid restrictions proposed in the bill could put nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics at risk of closing, even in states where abortion is legal. -
An interview with Planned Parenthood President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson. Planned Parenthood says Medicaid restrictions in President Trump's "Big, Beautiful" budget bill in Congress could cause nearly 200 of its clinics to close, even in states where abortion is legal. -
Woodstock Councilmember Anula Courtis won a three-way Democratic Primary for town supervisor Tuesday night. -
The Kingston Rent Guidelines Board is expected to vote Thursday on whether to continue a rate freeze for rent-stabilized units next year. -
In response to the outbreak of cases nationwide, Ulster County held a free measles vaccine clinic Tuesday. However, turnout did not quite meet expectations, and the county is exploring how to better get the word out. -
On this week’s 51%, we chat with psychologist Dr. Samantha Sweeney about why teaching your kids to celebrate diversity is important to their success as adults – and how to do it. Sweeney lays out a guide for parents in her new book Culturally Competent Kids: Raising Children to Thrive in a Diverse World. -
The Middletown City Council voted to adopt “good cause” eviction Tuesday night.
