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Dispatches from Planet Albany

Dispatches from Planet Albany is brought to you by David Lombardo, host of WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom. The weekly conversations are a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxiously await the legislative calendar drop each December, or fondly recall the Poozer Politics podcast.

info_outline The legislature's airing of budget grievances 05/07/2026
info_outline More transparency considered for Planet Albany lobbying 05/01/2026
info_outline Getting to 'yes' on the state budget 04/24/2026
info_outline Hochul budget strategy relies on time and special interest attacks 04/21/2026
info_outline The uphill battle of going red to blue in rural New York 04/17/2026
info_outline Election Law 101: Ballot objections 04/14/2026
info_outline Could Tom DiNapoli lose the Democratic primary? 04/10/2026
info_outline Planet Albany Power Rankings revisited and budget timing accountability 04/07/2026
info_outline The Planet Albany Power Rankings 04/03/2026
info_outline Former assemblyman eyes Capitol comeback 15 years after departure 03/31/2026
info_outline One battle after another for the Blakeman campaign 03/27/2026
info_outline Assemblyman Al Stirpe unpacks budget contention and process 03/24/2026
info_outline Hochul's communications director talks strategy 03/20/2026
info_outline Intersection of religion and politics for Assemblyman Sam Berger 03/17/2026
info_outline One-house budgets dream the impossible dream 03/13/2026
info_outline Polling complaints, fast talking, CLCPA rollback and legislative process 03/10/2026
info_outline Using artificial intelligence to quantify life on Planet Albany 03/06/2026
info_outline The Rockefeller College path to Planet Albany 03/03/2026
info_outline Minority Leader (Assemblyman Ed Ra's version) 02/27/2026
info_outline All of the above with Marie French 02/25/2026
info_outline WFP navigates governor's race and leadership change 02/20/2026
info_outline NYC landlords find compelling messenger on social media 02/17/2026
info_outline Surprise retirement shakes up Senate Democratic leadership 02/13/2026
info_outline The path to (some) new congressional lines 02/10/2026
info_outline Hochul's new running mate, endorsement, and Brooklyn feud 02/06/2026
info_outline Are Hochul and Mamdani on a collision course? 02/03/2026
info_outline Getting to know Assemblyman Brian Cunningham 01/30/2026
info_outline Handicapping the odds of Blakeman's LG choice 01/28/2026
info_outline Handicapping the odds of Hochul's LG choice 01/26/2026
info_outline What you might have missed in the executive budget 01/23/2026
 
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