Alan Chartock

Mitt Romney and President Obama get most of the attention, but it’s a full ballot this fall. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the GOP threatens the future of Social Security and Medicare.

Budget negotiations have become ground zero for partisan standoffs. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that bipartisan agreement in the House is a rarity when it comes to spending.

President Obama recently visited Albany, his third trip to the Capital Region since taking office. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the high-profile event means New York’s tech industry is attracting national attention.

We welcome journalist and author, Laney Salisbury, who will become visiting assistant professor of journalism at the University at Albany this fall.

In this week’s “Classical Music According to Yehuda”  segment, Dr. Alan Chartock and Yehuda Hanani continue their discussion of the Gypsy influence on classical music, hearing Brahms’ piano quartet in D minor’s final movement.

The presidential election is expected to be a toss-up. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts representative Richard Neal tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that swing states like Florida and Ohio will be important as in past contests.

Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York, the site of pivotal moments in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, opens for the season this week. WAMC’s Alan Chartock spoke with Executive Director Beth Hill about this summer’s programs.

Many politicians nationwide have extolled railroad expansion as a possible boon to the economy. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts representative Richard Neal tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that Western Massachusetts is benefitting from new rail projects.

Six months from now, the fall elections will be in the rearview mirror. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts representative Richard Neal tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that he hopes to remain in the House of Representatives even as his district shifts to the west.