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For more than 100 years, voters have been able to pick U.S. senators themselves. Some conservatives think the country would be better off if state legislators made the choice.

Residents are still fighting Chinese manufacturers who sold bad drywall that went into the post-Katrina rebuilding effort. On Tuesday their case picks up again in a New Orleans federal courtroom.

Three years ago, the Copake town board, citing the adverse impact on rural roads and community, unanimously passed a resolution opposing the development and installation of the Shepherd's Run Solar Farm. The battle continues.

Scott speaks with Tony Buzan, founder of the "Memoriad," the Olympics of memory, being held in London this weekend.

Journalist MARTHA HONEY. She worked as a freelance journalist in Costa Rica from 1983 to 1991. Her clients included Times (London), The Nation, ABC television, and National Public Radio. In 1984, she and her husband, Tony Avirgan were covering a press conference called by contra leader Eden Pastora Gomez, when a bomb exploded killing three journalists, and injuring dozens of other people, including Pastora, who was the intended target. (Tony Avirgan was also one of the people injured.) HONEY and AVIRGAN and other journalists set out to find the person(s) responsible. Their search led them to an Argentine leftist guerrilla, who had been killed in the meantime. What they found also implicated the CIA and Contra extreme rightests. HONEY writes that the CIA "put out false leads, stole evidence and worked to derail Costa Rica's Investigation of the incident." HONEY has a new book "Hostile Acts: U.S. Policy in costa Rica in the 1980s," (University Press of Flo

March Madness means millions in sports betting.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Congressman Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district, wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

August sounds far away, but in terms of the debt ceiling, it’s getting closer.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Congressman Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

The Saratoga Book Festival (SBF) is an annual community-wide celebration of books in downtown Saratoga Springs, New York with a mission to encourage a lifelong love of reading and promote greater literacy for all.This year’s authors include: Gregory Maguire, Meg Wolitzer, Peter Balakian, Chris Hedges, Francine Prose and Peter Steiner – just to name a few. Ellen Beal, President of SBF, joins us this morning for a preview.

President Biden has yet to announce his 2024 plans.In today’s Congressional Corner, Tim Vercellotti of the Western New England University poll and professor of political science continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

How will former President Trump’s legal problems affect the 2024 race?.In today’s Congressional Corner, Tim Vercellotti of the Western New England University poll and professor of political science speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.