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, 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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Members of the Belchertown, Mass., select board narrowly agreed Monday night to put a property tax override question on the annual town meeting ballot. If it passes, additional revenue could address a $2.1 million funding gap in next year's school budget. -
A city councilor in Northampton, Mass., who was recently reprimanded or "censured" by fellow councilors said she was taking care of her constituents. -
Massachusetts agencies will need to assess whether "project labor agreements" with union contractors are needed for public construction with a price tag greater than $35 million. That's under a new executive order signed Tuesday by Governor Maura Healey. -
Javier Reyes has been the chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since July 2023. While not selected, two media outlets confirm he was among the finalists for the presidency at West Virginia University. When asked about Reyes's job search, a UMass Amherst spokesperson would not confirm or deny it. -
By law, after a snow storm, sidewalks and curb cuts need to be cleared within a period of time. Some towns have special sidewalk plows for areas around schools and public buildings, but it's generally not the job of cities or towns. The responsibility belongs to abutting residents and business owners. -
Salt may be quickest when it comes to keeping roads and sidewalks clear of ice. But at this point of a snowy winter, a shortage in the Northeast has some looking for help and other materials. -
Most adult male baboons are aggressive and live apart from females, other than when mating. But not the Kinda baboon according to a new study led by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A few theories explain why male Kindas seek out and have long-term relationships with females.
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School committee members in Massachusetts are drafting budgets for the 2025-2026 school year. In Belchertown, school officials say limited funding from the state and the town could cause 30 positions to be eliminated. -
Franklin County's Interim Sheriff Lori Streeter is a few weeks into her new job. While she is no stranger to Greenfield, Mass., her new role job makes her the face of the agency. That's something she says she is slowly getting used to. -
A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of Massachusetts in innumerable ways," Governor Maura Healey wrote in an executive order announced this week.
