Phil Bishop
Reporter, on-air hostPhil Bishop is a reporter in the NEPM newsroom and serves as technical director for “The Fabulous 413” and “All Things Considered” on 88.5 NEPM.
Before joining NEPM, he was a managing news producer at WWLP-TV 22News and was the news director for his college radio station, WMUA 91.1 FM at UMass Amherst.
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Union nurses at the Greenfield hospital allege cuts to patient transport services is impacting their ability to provide care. -
The River Valley Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America says voters are looking for more working-class-focused candidates. -
Quabbin communities including Shutesbury, Belchertown, Orange, and Pelham have all passed resolutions calling for major changes to the the state's payment program. -
A coalition of local business groups sent a letter to Small Business Administration urging the re-opening of a Springfield branch office. -
Virtual WayBack allows users to talk with their AI replicas in real time on their website. -
The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy aims to target groups with a "radically pro-transgender ideology." -
The Supreme Judicial Court concluded the ballot question's exemption on rent control for religious facilities violated the state constitution. -
Officials estimate Massachusetts is on track to lose nearly $4 billion in federal funds. Those losses create a cascading effect — without proper resources, agencies dedicated to vulnerable populations have a harder time helping those people find a stable job, or housing. -
another aspect of that Big Beautiful Bill is shifting the cost of SNAP onto states, if they can't keep their error rate below 6%. Massachusetts is hovering around 14%. And an under-resourced DTA is more likely to make mistakes. -
Whalen is running a grassroots campaign to unseat longtime U.S. Representative Richard Neal.
