(May 13, 2026) Bella McMahon recently won the SkillsUSA state competition and is now heading to nationals in early June in Atlanta.

(May 13, 2026) Since the COVID pandemic, there's been a 20% enrollment increase at community colleges that focus on trades. An educational center in the Champlain Valley wants to expand its campus to meet the rising demand for vocational training. Also: There was a record number of visits to Olympic venues in New York over the last year.

(May 12, 2026) It may still be a week before lawmakers in Albany settle on a final state budget. Our Capitol reporter Jimmy Vielkind breaks down exactly what's at stake, what's the holdup, and what a late budget actually means for you.

(May 12, 2026) Marc Isaacs, who grew up in Lisbon in St. Lawrence County, studied full-time this spring semester to finish a degree that began in 1989.

(May 12, 2026) Meadowbrook is a 54-acre park with about 2 miles of trails for hikers and bikers in the warmer months.

(May 12, 2026) We dig into the details of New York State's budget process with one of our New York Public News Network reporters; an educational center in the Champlain Valley wants to expand its campus to meet the rising demand for vocational training; and we have a conversation with a man who’s graduating from college this weekend, 33 years after starting his studies.

(May 11, 2026) The race to replace Elise Stefanik in Congress could lead to an unpredictable four-way campaign by November. We get caught up on the politics and personalities with primaries in both parties coming up next month. Also: While Gov. Hochul and legislative leaders still differ on whether an overall budget deal has been reached, they appear to have reached a compromise on auto insurance reform.

(May 11, 2026) We get caught up on the dynamics of the New York 21st Congressional District primary races; Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she’d reached a deal on the state budget last week, but lawmakers said there’s still a lot of details to iron out; and we have a conversation with NPR’s Scott Simon about his new book that traces his life by way of the pets that he and his family have adopted over the years.

(May 11, 2026) For both the Democrats and the Republicans, it's a tale of the establishment candidate versus the outsider.

(May 11, 2026) Listen to the singer-songwriter and guitarist's set from his live performance on the Beat Authority.