The Schenectady City School District is facing scrutiny after the mother of an elementary school student made a Facebook post accusing the district of inaction after she was sent a photo of a school staff member putting a foot on her child’s back.

Capital Region lawmakers and protesters are condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement after one of its officers shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother Wednesday. Protesters and officials demonstrated outside of the James T. Foley Courthouse in Albany Thursday.

(Airs 01/08/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay, about their agenda for the 2026 session, his thoughts about Congresswoman Elise Stefanik dropping out of politics forcing him to switch his endorsement to Bruce Blakeman, discussion of the new prison reform law, and more.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Ivan Lajara, Senior Editor of The Daily Freeman, about a 6th lawsuit between Developer Bender and the city of Kingston over planned Pike Plan canopies demolition.

After former Council President Marion Porterfield lost her reelection bid in November, the council has been unable to come to consensus on a new president

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says it is monitoring a Wednesday morning propane leak at a plastics manufacturing facility in the Town of Petersburgh.

The city of Saratoga Springs has signed an agreement with the New York state attorney general’s office to resolve complaints that city police and officials retaliated against Black Lives Matter protesters

For the first time, men will now have the opportunity to run in the long-running women’s-only race virtually.

Cigarette smokers across New York vow to quit every new year. One Latham man overcame his addiction with the help of a state program.