WAMC's award-winning daily news magazine brings listeners the latest in local, national, and world news. Join Lucas Willard each weekday for the latest. The work of the WAMC News team is complemented each day with news and features from the BBC and Stardate. Midday Magazine also offers a comprehensive regional weather summary and a range of commentators who span the political spectrum. Highlights from the WAMC Listener Comment Line are usually aired on Friday's edition of Midday Magazine.
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Greenfield, Massachusetts, housing advocates and a tenants union notched a victory this week as the city council approved a rental registry ordinance. -
Voter integrity has been a major topic of discussion this election cycle. WAMC'S David Guistina discussed election protection with Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause New York, and Erica Smitka, executive director of the League of Women Voters of New York. -
Clinton County officials opened a time capsule this morning. -
It was called the Passover Plot. In the Middle Ages, a story originated that Jews would routinely catch Christian children, kill them and use their blood to make matzoh - the unleavened bread eaten during the Passover holidays. That meme persisted as an effective prop to antisemitism up through the era of Nazi Germany. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday weather forecast for Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. -
Democratic Rep. Paul Tonko is running for a 10th term in Congress. WAMC's Grant Ashley spoke with the incumbent to discuss why he's running again and what he would hope to achieve in another term. -
With less than two weeks before Election Day, incumbent Massachusetts Democrat Richard Neal and Independent challenger Nadia Milleron met for a brief debate as they vie for the 1st Congressional District seat. -
Vermont Public hosted the first gubernatorial debate between the incumbent Republican Phil Scott and Democratic candidates Amanda Janoo -
Racism is alive and well in the Capital Region, and the most recent example, which has caught both local and national attention, comes from Colonie Central High School.
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NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday weather forecast for Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026.
