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Berkshire County activists say Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is more talk than action when it comes to protecting state residents from the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. As WAMC reports, the activists made their feelings known during the governor’s most recent trip to the region.

(Airs 02/06/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul takes her strongest stance yet amid tensions over ICE, the governor proposes several initiatives to assist the state’s farmers, and The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families want more mental health support.

Business leaders across the nation on Friday will shut their doors in protest of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. WAMC’s Samantha Simmons spoke with leaders at area businesses about their decision to participate.

The Democratic governor of Massachusetts is taking action to shield the commonwealth from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including banning its agents from entering spaces like courthouses and schools.

An interview with Massachusetts Nurses Association President and ICU nurse Katie Murphy.

(Airs 01/16/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Kathy Hochul gave her fifth State of the State speech, we’ll have reaction from Republicans, Newsday’s Yancey Roy joins us to talk about the governor’s push for more nuclear power, and hundreds of Orange County residents push back against a proposed ICE detention facility.

(Airs 01/09/26 @ 3 p.m. & 01/11/26 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Barbara and David talk about how the media handled coverage of the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, and the death of a U.S. citizen after a confrontation with ICE officers in Minnesota, as well as the official end of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and more.

(Airs 09/12/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The ICE raid on a food-processing plant in Central New York has quickly become a flashpoint in the immigration debate, will catch up with Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado in Syracuse where his Gubernatorial campaign is underway, and Plattsburgh secures a major bus manufacturing contract.

In Rensselaer County, where the sheriff’s department openly partners with ICE, activists are calling for a change.

(Airs 08/15/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: As the state heads toward a fiscal cliff, some lawmakers say Governor Hochul should cancel plans for rebate checks, we’ll take a deeper look at ICE agents and questions about them wearing masks, and the state is asking for the public’s help in collecting data and preventing the spread of the Spotted Lantern Fly.