Last summer, New York state politics underwent a seismic shift when Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned, thrusting his Lieutenant Governor, Kathy Hochul, into the spotlight. Now, the lieutenant governor slot is dominating headlines again. One person who has been on both sides of this dynamic is former Governor David Paterson, who was LG from 2007 to 2008 and the governor through 2010.
Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy will retire at the end of his eighth term. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley was at the...
President Biden announced a major plan last week to rein in the coronavirus as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread. But public...
On Election Day, Democrats held off Republicans enough to avoid a “red wave” election. But defying expectations of an Obama midterm-like shellacking doesn’t mean...