Massachusetts
Chris Lisinski
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State House News Service
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s budget boosts spending 3.8% over last year, even as tax revenue growth slows to 2.9%, federal aid is uncertain, and reserves have already been tapped.
Chris Lisinski
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State House News Service
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Taber Art Gallery
We check out the exhibit, "River Valley Radical Futures" at Holyoke Community College, hear live music from a capella group The Zumbyes and sip wine with Franklin County Wine Friend Ken Washburn.
Tony Dunne
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NEPM
Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss the local impacts hydropower facilities across the region, the nicotine-free generation initiative, and an app that helps reduce screen time.
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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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