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Liz Benjamin, blogger and host of "Capitol Tonight", reviews the budget agreement and the fate of health exchanges in New York.

Liz Benjamin, blogger and host of "Capital Tonight", checks in on state politics in Albany, including the latest on the redistricting battle for congressional lines and for the state legislature.

The results are in. Republican Bob Turner beats Democrat David Weprin in the NY-9 seat. Digest the outcome with Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight and blogger at the State of Politics blog.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, and Daily News Albany Bureau Chief Ken Lovett discuss what’s on the docket in Albany, one week before the end of the legislative session.

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Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, counts the votes in Albany and discusses the prospects for allowing gay marriage in New York State.

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Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight and blogger, and Greg David, director of the business and economics program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, talk about the latest with the state budget in Albany.

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Columbia Journalism Review staff writer Clint Hendler and Gawker columnist John Cook discuss their FOIA requests for correspondence between reporters and Governor Paterson's press secretaries and what they reveal, and Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, talks about having her own emails exposed.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, and Daily News columnist, and Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist college poll preview the general elections in New York.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, and Daily News columnist, talks about the latest with Governor Paterson and the budget, Representative Rangel, and the Republicans vying for the gubernatorial nomination.

Liz Benjamin, host of "Capital Tonight," blogger, and Daily News columnist, gives an update on the latest in the budget battles.

Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, and Daily News columnist is on with Peter Iglinski, senior correspondent at Rochester Public Radio. They talk about the just-concluded New York Democratic convention and the start of Cuomo's official campaign.

A one-day furlough of state workers was scheduled by Governor Paterson to begin next week, but a federal judge has temporarily blocked the plan.  Host of Capital Tonight and Daily News columnist Liz Benjamin discusses the judge's decision and the state of New York's finances.