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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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. -
The Hampshire Next campaign seeks to raise millions of dollars by May 16 to show the school's Board of Trustees that radical education is viable. -
The investigation is based on whether Smith College’s policy of admitting transgender women violates Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination. -
Delegates at the convention being held in Worcester will choose who out of three candidates will be endorsed for the 2026 election -
The 6th Annual Massachusetts Food Access Report finds that food insecurity has doubled since 2019
