Jill Kaufman
Reporter/Producer/HostJill Kaufman has been a reporter and host at NEPM since 2005. Before that she spent 10 years at WBUR in Boston, producing The Connection with Christopher Lydon, Morning Edition, reporting and hosting. In the months leading up to the 2000 presidential primary in New Hampshire, Jill hosted NHPR’s daily talk show The Exchange. Right before coming to NEPM, Jill was an editor at PRX's The World.
She can be reached at jill_kaufman [at] nepm.org.
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Union employees at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art have been on strike since March 6th, with negotiations between staff and management yet to be scheduled.
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Researchers have found almost 150 new genetic markers, which help pinpoint diabetes risks.
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Most athletic teams at UMass Amherst will join the Mid-American Conference as a full member, starting in 2025. UMass football is currently an independent. In most other sports, UMass competes in the Atlantic 10, excluding men's hockey, which is part of and will remain in Hockey East.
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Unionized employees who work in North Adams at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art went on strike Wednesday morning, seeking a higher minimum hourly wage. Employees and the museum have been negotiating this part of a contract since October.
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The Massachusetts Board of Education unanimously voted Tuesday for Russell Johnston, a former West Springfield educator, to become the state's acting Commissioner of K-12 education.
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Massachusetts officials said the future owners of the Iron Horse need to submit a certificate of good standing for former owner Eric Suher — and Suher has said it will be awhile.
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Guest host Jill Kaufman talks to panelists about racist allegations at Southwick Regional School, Gov. Maura Healy's Supreme Judicial Court nomination, and more. Carrie Saldo interviews local activist Mpress Nembhard.
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A garage and retail space in Springfield hit a new milestone Tuesday, with a final slab of concrete placed at the top of the structure.
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Massachusetts State Police held its 89th "Recruit Training Troop" graduation on Thursday in Springfield. It's been two weeks since half a dozen people, including current and former state troopers, were charged in an alleged bribery conspiracy to give passing scores to commercial driver's license applicants.
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West Springfield is considering what to do about older school buildings and the need for more preschool classrooms. A controversial school committee decision in January to turn one elementary school into a preschool starting in September 2024 was reversed this week — at least for now, the mayor said.