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Live & Local

6/19/26 (Host – Josh Silver)

MTA President Max Page: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision to bar the proposed income tax cut ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot.

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa & Wildlife Conservationist Emma Howard Boutiette: Legislation to stop SGARS (Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) – highly potent rat and mouse poisons

Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: Environmental Bond Bill – rewilded golf course in Williamsburg & Economic Development Bond Bill – Quantum Computing, digital revision

Professor Austin Sarat: 50th Anniversary of reinstatement of the death penalty, where the death penalty stands now in the U.S. & the U.S. Iran Peace Deal

Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of Reconnect Western Mass & the Founding Member of The Distraction Free Schools Policy Project: Northampton schools enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone policy

Art Beat w/ Donnabelle Casis & Dean Brown, artist and owner of PULP Holyoke: Art exhibition feat Anna Helper, Sean Sullivan, & Roger Brouard now through July 12

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Northampton Nonprofit, Stop It Now! – Receiving Federal Funding

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A Northampton nonprofit is receiving nearly $879,000 in federal funding to expand child sexual abuse prevention work across western Massachusetts.…

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South Hadley Educators Contract Tensions Rising

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Contract tensions are rising in South Hadley, where more than 50 educators protested after being offered no raise for the…

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Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Layoffs?

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Nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center say a new round of layoffs is already increasing workloads and hurting staff morale.…

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Southampton Special Town Meeting Saturday 6/20

Southampton voters will weigh several major spending requests at a special Town Meeting Saturday morning. The nine-article warrant includes money…

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New Deputy Fire Chief In Hadley Announced

A leadership change is underway at the Hadley Fire Department. Robert Flaherty has left his role as Hatfield’s fire chief…