Dave Lucas

From California to New York, teacher and public-worker retirement funds are reconsidering their investments in gun makers. WAMC’s Dave Lucas has more…

Schenectady joins Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica on the list of most impoverished school districts in New York State... Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.

More than 180 school districts, including New York City's, have no teacher evaluation system in place and face the loss of millions of dollars in state aid. More from WAMC’s Dave Lucas

A non-partisan task force has found New York's state and local governments remain on an unsustainable fiscal path despite some improvements and a public perception in polls that the outlook is far brighter. WAMC’s Dave Lucas reports.

Representatives of a dozen prominent organizations signed a letter sent Tuesday to Health Commissioner Nirav Shah and Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens. They asked them to make public the health impact study being evaluated by a scientific panel. They also called for public hearings in potentially affected areas and a 60-day public comment period on the health study.

Communities throughout New York facing decisions about managing the deer population are watching two developments that could serve as model-setting precedents in addressing the issue. Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.  

On Monday evening, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to create a new state agency he says will better protect about a million New Yorkers with disabilities and special needs under state-funded care. Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas has more...

Activists in New York are keeping an eye on a Maryland state panel that’s taking extra time to draft a report on the best practices for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. More from WAMC’s Dave Lucas

The Maryland Department of the Environment said Monday that the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission expects to put the draft report out for public comment sometime this spring instead of by Dec. 31.

An MDE spokesman says the commission still aims to issue its final report on best practices by Aug. 1.

Schools across the Northeast and the Nation are beefing up security and safety procedures in the wake of the Newtown shooting. Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.

Republicans have declared victory in the last Senate race that remained unresolved after November's elections. That strengthens the hand of Republicans in a bipartisan coalition that will run the chamber beginning Jan. 1. WAMC’s Dave Lucas reports.

Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos  says Monday that Assemblyman George Amedore  has won the 46th District race over Democrat Ceclia Tkaczyk .

(There is a challenge: Tkaczyk's campaign says it will appeal the decision).