New York Governor Kathy Hochul is confronting one of her first major tests after winning a full term in November. Her pick for the state’s new chief judge, Hector LaSalle, is being opposed by a coalition of progressive groups — and crucially, more than a dozen Democrats in the state Senate. We break it down with Albany Law School Professor Vincent Bonventre, who has been following the twists and turns on his New York Court Watcher website.
We speak with a UMass researcher about the impacts of the first Vegas-style casino in Springfield. Two years ago, MGM Springfield boosted the local...
We sit down for an extended conversation with Berkshire County D.A. Andrea Harrington. Three years into her tenure, the Democrat from Western Massachusetts talks...
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...