Samantha Simmons

As the New York State legislative session came to a close last week, state lawmakers voted to repeal a decades-old policy referred to as the “100-foot-rule.” Christopher Casey, Utility Regulatory Director for New York for the Natural Resources Defense Council calls the repeal overdue.

At a city council meeting earlier this month, Republicans agreed that Troy should focus only on local issues, not national ones.

The gardening experts are back in Studio A to take your calls. Ray Graf hosts.

Earlier this month, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation held a public hearing to discuss the future of deteriorating Martin Dunham Dam in Grafton. Some residents are hoping the state will choose to maintain the dam and its reservoir.

Albany’s Chief City Auditor is on the cusp of making history as the city’s first Black mayor after winning Tuesday’s Democratic primary.

Troy’s narrowly divided city council faces a possible shakeup in Tuesday’s competitive primary races.

Merce Lemon plays at Green River Festival in Greenfield, Massachusetts today.

WAMC spoke with tenor saxophonist Tommy Weeks and drummer Jon Singngam ahead of their show at the Green River Festival in Greenfield, Massachusetts today.

The four-piece outlet has released four studio albums and one EP, and calls its latest is "jangly dreampop centered by synthesizers and driving bass chords.”

The former Proctor's Theater in Troy will soon be the new home of city hall. But not all city leaders like the plan.