Kari Njiiri
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When SNAP funding was cut for residents in early November Hameed Bello and his wife Ayo, co-owners of Farm Store 99 in Springfield, continued to serve customers, even when they couldn't pay.
![Attorney General Andrea Campbell [right] with members of her office listening to organizer Katie Talbot [left] and activists speak about significant housing violations at Springfield Garden.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5345898/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2Fd9%2Fa31fb1144911a88742d2d8c7c079%2Fimg-9669.jpg)
![Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey [left] speaking with employees from the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in Chicopee on Monday, following the state's disbursement of SNAP benefits to recipients.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/416b321/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F23%2Fba%2F15c26da24444be18772574ad8dd9%2Fimg-9638.jpg)
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We speak with author Chuck Collins about the elite class and his book, "Burner by Billionaires," preview the Northampton Book Fair this weekend and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.
Ayu Suryawan
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NEPM
We discuss the divisions as rent control makes its way on the 2026 ballot, how decreased rail use in western Mass. could impact the east-west rail project and historical debates on the route of Henry Knox's artillery march.
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