(Airs 05/21/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with David Albert, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) about this week’s school budget votes, the school funding formula, current issues impacting learning, and much more.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Isabelle Taft, Immigration reporter with New York Focus, about her reporting on Trump administration policies that are keeping immigrant children detained even when their parents are available to care for them.

(Airs 05/15/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: With no state budget in place, school districts across the state are in a tough spot with voters set to vote next week, we’ll have reaction from the Childcare Association of New York to the Governor announcing billions of dollars in funding for childcare, and we’ll take a look at tick season with the population booming.

(Airs 05/15/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: With no state budget in place, school districts across the state are in a tough spot with voters set to vote next week, we’ll have reaction from the Childcare Association of New York to the Governor announcing billions of dollars in funding for childcare, and we’ll take a look at tick season with the population booming.

As New York state officials say deer populations in and around Saratoga Spa State Park continue to increase beyond sustainable levels, they’ve proposed creating a hunting season in the park.

One of the creepier, crawlier aspects of spring is well underway—tick season. WAMC tracks the seasonal uptick in the pest's population from early spring to late fall.

This year, a lot of the uncertainty boils down to the question of whether districts will receive a 1% or 2% increase in what's known as foundation aid, which covers general-purpose operating costs.

As the June primaries for New York’s 21st Congressional District seat approach, Republican Anthony Constantino has filed campaign finance complaints against his opponent, Robert Smullen.

Clinton Community College has added the Haudenosaunee Confederacy flag to those flying at its administration building.

Bow hunting may be allowed in Saratoga Spa State Park as soon as this fall.