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The Short List: Study Derailed, Voter Registration, Sisitsky Remembered

New England Public Media | By Adam Frenier
Published July 14, 2017 at 4:12 PM EDT
The Massachusetts Statehouse.
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The Massachusetts Statehouse.

Our panel of journalists looks at the big stories in the news.

What made The Short List this week?

  • A study on rail service between Springfield and Boston failed to make the latest Massachusetts budget, much to the surprise of some lawmakers.  (NEPR)
  •  A Massachusetts legislator is proposing ways to make it easier to register to vote. (NEPR)
  • Former western Massachusetts state legislator Alan Sisitsky died recently. He's best known for his skirmishes with powerful former Senate President Billy Bulger   (State House News Service/The Reminder)

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Adam joined NEPM as a freelance reporter and fill-in operations assistant during the summer of 2011. For more than 15 years, Adam has had a number stops throughout his broadcast career, including as a news reporter and anchor, sports host and play-by-play announcer as well as a producer and technician.
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