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First-term Republican Saratoga Springs Mayor John Safford, who ran on restoring civility to city hall, reflects on his first 100 days in office.

After two terms as city council president, Republican Carmella Mantello is now past 100 days in office as Troy's first female mayor.

New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is highly favored to win re-election in the 21st district. That is, if she isn’t picked by close ally Donald Trump to join the former president’s ticket in November’s election. Stefanik’s meteoric rise in Republican politics is putting new attention on the Harvard-educated Congresswoman’s upbringing, and the Daily Beast reports Stefanik’s version of events isn’t totally truthful.

We speak with Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio about her battle to audit the state legislature, where the Democrat spent more than a decade.

Vassar College President Elizabeth Bradley is back from a trip to Rwanda to give the keynote address at the white coat ceremony of the University of Global Health Equity. The private, nonprofit medical school graduated its first cohort since entering a partnership with Vassar, a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, in 2018. 

We listen back to our special live broadcast for Monday's total solar eclipse in Tupper Lake, N.Y., hosted by the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory.