I often recall something that my daughters’ level-headed preschool director said to me when I interviewed her for a story about the pressure parents put on New York City toddlers to ace their kindergarten admissions tests.

NewsChannel 13 Meteorologist Reid Kisselback provides the regional weather summary for Saturday, February 21, 2026.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly is running for re-election.

Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.

(Airs 02/20/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: A Long Island lawmaker and environmental advocates are vowing to fight a major environmental policy change by the EPA, Assemblyman Patrick Carroll, a Democrat, shares his thoughts on Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the lower Hudson Valley, and we’ll look at how lawmakers are marking Black History Month.

The Vermont Senate pro-tem will not run for reelection

The assemblyman representing New York’s northernmost district is praising the Supreme Court’s decision striking down President Trump’s tariffs.

For the next few evenings, Mercury is at its easiest to find of the entire year. And that’s really the idea – merely to have seen it at least once in your life.

The North Country Chamber of Commerce is praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Trump’s tariffs.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas delivers the evening weather forecast for Friday, February 20, 2026.

(Airs 02/20/26 @ 3 p.m. & 02/22/26 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk about whether and how A-I should be used in journalism, what happened with Stephen Colbert, and much more.