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9/8/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz

Rep Patricia Duffy: unions make us strong; cannabis policy & the marijuana ballot question; cell phone-free schools; data privacy & Flock; and more.

Hadley School Super Anne McKenzie: we continue the conversation about cell phone-free schools and explore AI in schools—the good the bad & the ugly and then discuss new graduation requirements –are we facing MCAS 2.0?

Negro League expert, baseball historian, Duke Goldman: How about those Red Sox!! —going to the World Series? Chad Tracy for Manager—forget “Interim?” The passing of Sox former manager Joe Morgan; the return to the NY Yankees lineup of Aaron Judge, the best hitter in the game.

Wayfinders President and CEO Keith Fairey: new housing in South Hadley (the Clover), Amherst and Holyoke. The laws and town support that make new housing possible.

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