Central Hudson Gas and Electric is going through a period of intense public scrutiny and a related leadership transition. Chris Capone has just taken over as president and CEO as the utility responds to widespread criticism over its billing practices.

We preview Town Meeting Day in Vermont Tuesday with Middlebury College political science professor Bert Johnson, who hopes the old-fashioned tradition will continue.

We conclude our special series on the anniversary of the war in Ukraine by meeting two Capital Region figures who have marshalled local support.

We continue marking the anniversary of the war in Ukraine with stories about Russians and Ukrainians in the Capital Region. And experts from western Massachusetts weigh in on the geopolitical implications.

We mark the grim first anniversary of the war in Ukraine with a series of pieces about residents of the Northeast who have aided in the conflict. On this episode, a northern New York veterinarian travels overseas to help, and a Western Massachusetts woman with family ties to the nation helps refugees.

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference has named Travis Tellitocci its new commissioner. Tellitocci replaces the retiring Rich Ensor, who set a national record by spending 35 years in the role. Tellitocci, the conference’s fourth commissioner, has served as assistant commissioner for football, basketball and officiating for the Ohio Valley Conference for the past six years. We speak with the 2004 graduate of conference member Marist, where he later served as deputy athletics director.

As we’ve been discussing for weeks here, the nomination of Hector LaSalle to be New York state’s next chief judge is at a stalemate. Noah Rosenblum teaches law at New York University School of Law and has advocated for court reform in New York. He also clerked in the New York State Court of Appeals. He tells us why he thinks the nomination is dead.

For millions of Americans, betting on sports is getting easier all the time. And they seem to like it. That’s the conclusion of a new survey from the American Gaming Association. The trade group says betting on the Super Bowl this year accounted for $16 billion in wagering from more than 50 million Americans. We speak with vice president of research of David Forman.

The football world has descended on Arizona for Super Bowl 57. The Chiefs and the Eagles, will take center stage Sunday. The Eagles are hoping to win their second title since 2017, while the Chiefs are in the big game for the third time in four years. For a preview, we speak with WAMC Sports Commentator Keith Strudler, director of the school of communication and media at Montclair State University.

The embattled longtime chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party has been ousted. Jim Lyons, a steadfast Trump backer who frequently clashed with two-term Governor Charlie Baker and often wound up in the headlines for controversial statements, was narrowly voted out last week. The state committee backed Amy Carnevale instead. For analysis we speak with Emma Platoff of the Boston Globe.