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Published September 02Report shows Newburgh's Flock cameras accessed extensively by outside agencies
A Newburgh Police Department report obtained by WAMC says hundreds of thousands of searches by law enforcement agencies around the country included the City of Newburgh Police Department’s Flock License Plate Reader Network.
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Published September 02Adirondack Explorer’s Gwendolyn Craig provides an update on howitzer permit request
Craig has been following the legal process over a permit application to test fire howitzers in the Adirondacks
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Published September 02Pioneer Valley primary round-up with WMP&I’s Matt Szafranski
Amid statewide contests, like Sen. Ed Markey besting Congressman Seth Moulton in the Democratic Senate primary, western Mass. was home to a number of primaries over seats on Beacon Hill.WAMC kept track of those races Tuesday night, as did Western Mass Politics and Insight…
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Published September 02Outspent, but not outmatched: How Tara Jacobs upset the Mass. Dem establishment again
Tara Jacobs cruised in Tuesday's Democratic primary as she seeks a third two-year term as the western Massachusetts representative on the Governor's Council.
We deserve more than another lesson in resilience
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch of Worthy Ground, I have found myself in a space of grief. Just a little over four years ago, my hometown and the counties around us were destroyed by what was deemed a one-in-one-thousand-year flood. For four years, I’ve…
PSC opens statewide probe into affordability of utilities
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has opened a statewide investigation into whether electric and natural gas service is becoming unaffordable for Kentucky households and what can be done about it. The proceeding comes as Kentucky’s average residential electricity price…
Changing weather means anglers must also adapt
It has been some of the wildest weather we’ve had over the past month or so. We had a heat wave with temperatures around 100 degrees. Then we had some very dangerous rainstorms, with lightning and strong winds, a lot of flooding, power outages and blocked roads. Then there was…
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Published September 02Morning Headlines with Melissa Manno, Education Reporter at New York Focus, 9/2/26
WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Melissa Manno, Education Reporter at New York Focus, about New York state students losing stamina to read full books.
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Published September 02Rep. Neal fends off progressive primary challenger as Mass. Dem seeks 20th term
Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal will once again face Nadia Milleron come November after the Democrat won Tuesday's primary over a progressive challenger.
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Published September 02Jacobs defends Governor's Council seat against Fenton in Mass. Dem. primary
Governor's Council District 8 representative Tara Jacobs has represented much of Western Massachusetts on the body that advises the governor on issues including pardons and judicial appointments since 2022.
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Published September 02Minogue captures Mass. Republican gubernatorial primary
Come November, voters in Massachusetts will have to choose from incumbent Democratic Governor Maura Healey and Republican Mike Minogue in this year's gubernatorial contest.
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Published September 02Sen. Markey tops Moulton in Mass. Democratic primary in bid for third term
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has coasted to victory in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate Democratic Primary over challenger U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton.