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(Airs 05/16/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calls on New Yorkers and all Americans to protect the federal food program SNAP, we’ll track federal funding cuts impacting rural, Northern NY, and State lawmakers are taking a fresh look at food regulations. -
(Airs 05/16/25 @ 3 p.m. & 05/18/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed, and. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Miles talk about the importance of local media and sticking with a story, who decides what news is, whether reporters failed in their coverage of former President Biden’s cognitive abilities, and much more.
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(Airs 05/08/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Nic Rangel, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York (LASNNY), about the state of free legal services in New York, how new DEI regulations from the Trump Administration are impacting legal work, how the state budget could impact their funding, and much more. -
(Airs 05/02/25 & 05/04/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette, Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Miles and David talk about President Trump’s first 100 days in office and his policies impacting free speech and the media, and much more.
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(Airs 05/02/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Governor Hochul and New York state lawmakers strike a tentative budget deal, Amtrak kicked off a reduced Empire Service schedule between Albany and New York City this week, as it gears up for a long-delayed project renovating the East River Tunnel, and we’ll take a look a reaction in the North Country to this week’s elections in Canada. -
(Airs 05/01/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with David Lombardo, host of The Capitol Pressroom, about the new $254 billion state budget, the Governor’s affordability agenda, the prospect of more federal cuts and the impact on New York, and much more. -
(Airs 04/25/25 & 04/27/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ian talk about WAMC taking a stand on behalf of open meetings, why the top producer at 60 Minutes says he can’t do the job anymore, and much more.
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(Airs 04/18/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll take a look at the current trade war with China and it’s impact on New York, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik wants the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the Saratoga Springs City School District, and cuts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are impacting food banks across the country and in the Hudson Valley.
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(Airs 04/24/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes about the status of budget negotiations, whether the lawmakers will have to come back in a special session to deal with cuts from the federal government, and much more. -
(Airs 04/18/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: The Trump administration is blocking an offshore wind project, prison officials say they’ll review the correctional system's culture after 10 employees were indicted over an inmate's death, and a new audit by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says New York should improve its storage of durable medical equipment.
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(Airs 04/18/25 & 04/20/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed, and former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Barbara, Miles and Mike talk about a listener letter about coverage of the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rallies, President Trump’s latest attacks on the news media, and much more.
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(Airs 04/17/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Dr. Donald Levy, Director of the Siena College Research Institute, home of the Siena Poll. We’ll talk about how New Yorkers responded to a Covid-19 survey, five years after the pandemic.
