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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An alarming number of Massachusetts school districts are struggling right now to balance budgets for the upcoming year. Significant job cuts and academic program cancellations are on the table.
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Dozens of Massachusetts school districts are being told, later than usual in the school budget process, more state funding is being put in the House budget due to a "data" issue that shows more low-income students in schools than initially counted.
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Unionized employees of MASS MoCA, the contemporary art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts, voted Tuesday to ratify an agreement on wages, ending a three-week strike that began March 6.
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Massachusetts' acting Commissioner of Education Russell Johnston was in Holyoke on Monday, meeting with school committee members. Holyoke Public Schools have been under state control since 2015.
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The 2024 peach season in western Massachusetts is looking good, farmers say, at least right now. February 2023's subzero temperatures killed off buds on thousands of trees and many orchards reported a total loss for the season.
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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.