Massachusetts
Jesse Costa
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WBUR
The Trump administration says it will appeal to the Supreme Court.
Kaliis Smith
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NEPM
We check out Jacob's Pillow freshly announced programming, check out the Exit 7 Players' production of "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and visit Something Special Cafe in Granby.
![This week's panel for The Rundown includes Hallie Claflin [not pictured], reporter for Commonwealth Beacon; Dave Eisenstatder [not pictured], state editor for MassLive; Ryan McCollum, political consultant for RMC Strategies; and NEPM’s own Monte Belmonte of The Fabulous 413.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/eb0484d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x495+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F05%2F4580a80042bab6a66c2323d7e789%2Fgrove.png)
Ayu Suryawan
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NEPM
We plow through the impacts of this week's major snowstorm, the Trump administration's attempts to deconstruct critical government programs that support people facing homelessness, how the state and residents are responding to rising utility bills.
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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.
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