Nearly a week after primary voting finished, two Albany Common Council races have yet to be called – and one is currently tied.

You may want to think twice before you light that campfire this summer. A growing initiative by Bard College to track air quality in the Hudson Valley finds woodburning continues to be the biggest source of air pollution in and around Kingston.

Following proposed federal cuts, the Department of Labor announced a pause to job training centers like Albany County’s Glenmont Job Corps Center. But last week, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction, stopping the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps until a lawsuit against the move is resolved.

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.

(Airs 06/27/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: A major upset in the New York City primary, Speaker Heastie stops in Plattsburgh to announce funding for the YMCA, and U.S. Attorney John Sarcone talks about his brush with danger in Albany last week that received national attention.

A Cropseyville man accused of killing his wife, father and grandmother was arraigned Friday morning.

WAMC’s Andrew Waite spoke this week with the TU’s data reporter Emilie Munson and then followed up with Albany Medical Center General Director Jason Mouzakes.

A dramatic race for New York City mayor ended with a surprise: 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani secured a stunning win in the Democratic primary, as he looks to trade the state Assembly for Gracie Mansion.

Patient services were interrupted due to a power failure Thursday at the Albany Memorial Campus.

The multi-million dollar upgrade to the Saratoga County Airport is complete, bringing a local restaurant and a car rental business to the decades-old facility.