Now that longtime Berkshire County State Representative Smitty Pignatelli will not seek a 12th term, Stockbridge Select Board member Patrick White is jumping in to replace the Democrat in the Massachusetts state House. White says his career in business, non-profit leadership and public office in the town have prepared him to represent the Third Berkshire District on Beacon Hill. White won a second three-year term on the selectboard last year.
We speak with Mass. Rep. Jim McGovern, a progressive Democrat from the 2nd District who is fiercely opposed to the "big, beautiful bill."
We preview Town Meeting Day in Vermont Tuesday with Middlebury College political science professor Bert Johnson, who hopes the old-fashioned tradition will continue.
The New York state budget is late. But how late? For analysis of the issues at stake in Albany, we welcome "Capitol Pressroom" host...