Weighing In: The Podcast

Weighing In: The Podcast

Daily Gazette news columnist Andrew Waite shares insights and analysis from the week that was.

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March 29, 2024 35 mins

Reporter Tyler A. McNeil joins Andrew Waite to discuss what's been a particularly gloomy month. 

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Are Amber Alerts victims of their own strict rules? Plus, a Saratoga County supervisor reacts to the latest news about miSci staying put. 

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March 7, 2024 10 mins

How a new revenue stream can save public-access media amid declining cable subscriptions.

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March 1, 2024 10 mins

Will the Schenectady City School District Board of Education's speedy hire lead to a superintendent who sticks around? 

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February 16, 2024 16 mins

Can a canceled ice-fishing tournament encourage action to address global warming? University at Albany climate scientest Mathias Vuille joins the program. 

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February 11, 2024 21 mins

If leaders don’t make the right decision, museum could leave Schenectady or close for good. 

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Making sense of a 6-year-old Swiftie. 

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Fears about Rotterdam migrants were clearly overblown.

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Ellis nurses fight for new contract as analysis reveals hospital understaffed more than 90% of the time.

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An interfaith Hanukkah celebration is a bright spot in a dark time. Plus, a father responds to last week's column about the death of his 31-year-old son. 
 
 
 
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What we can take away from a death and a near death at age 31. 
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What a traffic light can tell us about local politics.

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Stewart's Shops President Gary Dake discusses the closure of an Albany store, a decision credited to an increase in crime. 
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Republican mayoral challenger Matt Nelligan was always a long-shot candidate. But his defeat Tuesday emphasizes how the city of Schenectady is a true Democratic stronghold. 

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The latest controversy in Niskayuna represents a glaring problem in town politics. Plus, the Johnstown police chief responds.  
 
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Andrew Waite details how the Saratoga Springs public safety commissioner race is a referendum on Saratoga Black Lives Matter. Plus, why it matters that Johnstown's police chief was defensive in response to questioning. 
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This week, a jury ruled in favor of Saratoga Springs and its police department in the wrongful death suit filed by the mother of Darryl Mount, Jr., who died nine months after suffering injuries during a 2013 police chase in downtown Saratoga. For years, Saratoga Black Lives Matter has held up the case as a rallying cry. Will this verdict cause them to reconsider?  

 

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When a 9-year-old girl went missing at a state park in Saratoga County recently, many people in Schenectady thought of one name: Samantha Humphrey. It was a reminder that not all missing persons cases are treated equally.
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Five years after the tragic Schoharie limo crash, Waite details how the King family presses on after losing four daughters. 

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