Karen DeWitt
Capitol Bureau chiefKaren DeWitt is Capitol Bureau chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of 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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Sen. Liz Krueger is the sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure the right to choose abortion in New York, even if federal law or future state lawmakers someday outlaw the procedure. -
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced new measures aimed at fighting the twin crises of the growth of white supremacist beliefs and easy access to dangerous weapons.
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New York State's health commissioner says while the new COVID-19 variants cause less severe illness, the virus continues to circulate widely
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Members of the New York State Senate, both Democrats and Republicans, put partisan differences aside to condemn the mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store over the weekend that killed 10 and injured three.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul had scheduled the gun control announcement before the Buffalo mass shooting that killed 10 and injured three.
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The League of Women Voters and Citizens Union say the June and August primaries should be combined into one date to save money and improve voter turnout.
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Supporters of a bill to allow adult survivors of sexual abuse their day in court have gown impatient with the New York state Assembly, and Speaker Carl Heastie, where the measure is stalled.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is freeing up $35 million dollars to help out of state patients seeking abortions in New York , should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v Wade
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New York's attorney general wants a fund to pay for people from other states seeking abortions here, if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade.
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Terminally ill people in 10 states can choose assisted death, but not in NY. Advocates want a changeAdvocates for legalizing medical aid in dying recently lobbied at the New York State Capitol. The bill has yet to make it out of committee in 2022.
