New Yorkers voted last week for public school budgets and board of education candidates in a year when national issues divided many local communities. Turnout was sharply up in many districts. According to the New York State School Boards Association, 99 percent of district budgets were approved, including a handful that overrode the tax cap. We speak with Executive Director Robert Schneider.
The holidays are on the horizon and with it, infectious disease season. Public health officials are hoping residents of the Northeast will get inoculated...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing new scrutiny for failing to report expensive vacations and travel from a Republican megadonor and developer....
We speak with Western New England University political science professor Tim Vercellotti.