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The controversial head of the Massachusetts Republican Party is facing new headwinds. The Boston Globe reports several major donors are threatening to...
A Republican has kicked off a campaign for governor of Massachusetts in 2022, but probably not the one you’re thinking of. Former state representative...
The House is launching a new investigation of the January 6 Capitol siege. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named six fellow Democrats to what is to be ...
We speak with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, who won Tuesday’s Democratic primary in her bid for a third term, and Village of Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Til...
The Supreme Court has decided in a 9-0 ruling that the NCAA cannot enforce limits on education-related benefits that colleges offer to student athlete...
The state legislative session in Albany is now behind us, as lawmakers grappled with a second pandemic-focused year. Early fears of a multi-billion bu...
In recent days, WAMC’s Josh Landes been touring Western Massachusetts to cover several annual town meetings, as residents of Berkshire County headed t...
With a politically wounded governor and state government still working around the COVID emergency, this week marks the end of one of the stranger New ...
A new study from the University of Utah finds up to three-quarters of us overestimate our ability to spot fake news stories — and the worse we are, th...
Halfway through 2021, Albany has recorded nine shooting deaths, including some in broad daylight — leading officials to plead repeatedly for an end to...