Education
Elizabeth Román
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NEPM
Proposed reforms to the federal early education program would eliminate most performance standards, cap spending
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We visit the function conjunction of Amethyst Farm and speak to Xiomara Rosa, the owner Bueno y Sano's Holyoke location.
![Today's panel for The Rundown includes host Jill Kaufman, reporter for NEPM; Aprell May Munford, reporter for the Springfield Republican; Erin-Leigh Hoffman, reporter for the Greenfield Recorder; and Matt Szafranski [not pictured], editor of Western Mass Politics and Insight.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8a0c305/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x495+0+24/resize/1920x1080!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2Fdc%2Fc428a3f248ccba1dd1b95def5b85%2Fgrove.png)
Ayu Suryawan
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NEPM
Today we discuss a newly released report on sexual abuse in the Mass. Catholic dioceses, profit squeezes on nursing homes that result in a decline in care, upcoming voting in Franklin County on funding and regionalization.
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