It’s apple-picking season and it looks like it will be a good one in New York. After a terrible time last year — when a late frost and significant flooding ruined yields…
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Hochul Says Details on a Potential Cell Phone Ban in Schools Coming Later This Month
As schools across the Catskills and the Hudson Valley gear up for another school year, one question is on the minds of students, parents and teachers: what is the policy on cellphone…
NY Republicans Call for Investigation After Former Hochul Aide Arrested. Assembly Speaker Says It’s Not Needed.
Federal prosecutors say a New York state official who worked for Governor Kathy Hochul and former Governor Andrew Cuomo was secretly an agent for the Chinese government — and made millions of…
Despite Some Who Want to Tap the Brakes, Electric School Buses Slowly Becoming a Reality
Kids are back in school across most of our listening area and many are still getting there on gas guzzling yellow school buses. After 2027, New York will not allow public schools…
NY Focus: Trump Plans to Kill Congestion Pricing. Hochul’s Pause Could Let Him.
Donald Trump has made no secret of his plans for New York’s congestion pricing program. In a social media post in May, the Republican presidential candidate promised that he would “TERMINATE Congestion…
Election 2024: Pennsylvania Mail Ballots Can’t Be Rejected Over Missing Date
Not counting a voter’s mail ballot because they failed to properly date the return envelope violates their rights under the state constitution, a Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Friday. Republicans said they would…
Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo to Testify Before House Lawmakers
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to testify about the state’s COVID-19 response before House lawmakers next week. From the New York Public News Network, WAMC’s Ian Pickus has more….
Election 2024: Five PA ‘Fake Electors’ from 2020 Are Back on Trump’s 2024 Slate
In the 2020 presidential election, a group of Pennsylvania Republicans made headlines by serving as electors for Donald Trump even though Joe Biden won the popular vote in the state. These so-…
Development of Woodstock ’94 Site Triggers Community Debate
In 1994, the Winston Farm property in Saugerties, NY, made international headlines when it hosted the 25th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, the so-called “middle child” to the festivals of 1969 and…