This local election is now a battleground in the gas industry’s war for survival

A look at the six-figure sums turning a Washington state House race into a referendum on electrification.

Greetings from rainy Astoria, Queens, where I’m delightedly admiring the new art I hung next to my desk over the weekend. It’s a birthday gift from one of my best friends, Nate.

The political cartoon depicts Franklin Edson – New York City’s 85th mayor – being pulled in opposite directions by two hogs, one marked Tammany, the other County Democrats. The D…