Karen DeWitt
Karen DeWitt is Capitol Bureau Chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of 10 public radio stations in New York State. She has covered state government and politics for the network since 1990. She is also a regular contributor to the statewide public television program about New York State government, New York Now. She appears on the reporter’s roundtable segment and interviews newsmakers.
Karen previously worked for WINS Radio, New York, and has written for numerous publications, including Adirondack Life and the Albany newsweekly Metroland. She is a past recipient of the prestigious Walter T. Brown Memorial award for excellence in journalism, from the Legislative Correspondents Association, and was named Media Person of the Year for 2009 by the Women’s Press Club of New York State.
Karen is a graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo.
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Following the Democratic Primary, Gov. Kathy Hochul reveals her plan to address gun control. -
Governor Kathy Hochul won the Democratic primary and Lee Zeldin emerges the winner for the Republican for NYS Governor.
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Tuesday is primary day in New York and both Democrats and Republicans are running in contests for governor.
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Governor Kathy Hochul and the legislature took preemptive steps to protect abortion rights in anticipation of the high court’s decision.
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The case, brought by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, took issue with New York’s laws, on the books since the early 1900’s, that made it a crime to possess a firearm without a license, and that required anyone who wanted to carry a concealed firearm outside the home to obtain an additional permit.
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The position can prove to be an important one. Twice in the past fifteen years, a lieutenant governor in New York found themselves suddenly elevated to governor.
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The Siena College poll finds Democratic and Republican voters back the new gun control laws and abortion protections approved by Hochul and the legislature
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The measures are in response to an anticipated decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn the 1973 abortion rights decision, Roe v. Wade.
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It’s less than three weeks until New York state’s primary for governor, and so far, it seems the contest is Governor Kathy Hochul’s to lose. While she’s ahead of her two challengers, Hochul does have some potential vulnerabilities.
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The bill imposes a moratorium on new and renewed permits at fossil fuel-burning plants for a type of crypto mining known as proof-of-work. The process to create bitcoin relies on large amounts of energy.
