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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Central Hudson Gas & Electric has proposed a three-year settlement to its rate case with the New York Public Service Commission. -
On this week’s 51%, we learn about an organization offering community to children and teens impacted by incarceration and deportation. The Pathfinder Network, which merged with the POPS Club in 2022, has support groups in schools across the country, where students can share their thoughts and fears stigma-free. POPS Founder Amy Friedman also edits a regular anthology of students’ creative work. The latest edition is titled Home and Away. -
An interview with New York State Senator James Skoufis. -
On this week's 51%, we recognize Mother's Day and sit down with Dr. Margo Lowy to discuss her book Maternal Ambivalence: The Loving Moments & Bitter Truths of Motherhood. -
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli was in Kingston Thursday to tout the city’s fiscal stability amid a number of recent investments. -
Months of negotiation over a planned homeless shelter in Poughkeepsie, New York have broken down, and Dutchess County is walking away from a long-fought agreement with city leaders. Poughkeepsie says it is considering legal action to stop construction. -
Despite a legal dispute with its former operator, Westchester County says it will officially open Rye’s Playland Amusement Park on Memorial Day weekend. -
The highway superintendent of the Town of Chester, New York has been arrested for allegedly shooting a delivery driver who stopped by his home to ask for directions. -
While New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced an agreement on the past-due 2026 budget earlier this week, multiple state lawmakers in the Hudson Valley say they’ve yet to see specifics. -
On this week's 51%, we speak with Dionne Koller, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, about the benefits and dangers of youth sports, and what parents should know before signing their kids up. In her new book, More Than Play, Koller explains how today's youth sports became more privatized, more expensive, and less regulated. We also stop by a roller derby bout in New York's Hudson Valley.
