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Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni spoke at the meeting about the recent hate speech incident in Southwick.
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Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss racial segregation in Springfield and Holyoke schools, funding challenges faced by Pittsfield Schools as students choose other districts, the latest in the “Gender Queer” book controversy, and much more.
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Edward Cage, UMass Amherst professor Amilcar Shabazz, and fellow organizer Trevor Baptiste started what they called a "Family Fun Day" on Juneteenth back in 2010, years before it became a federal holiday in 2021.
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An "overwhelming" number of unionized faculty and staff voted no confidence in top administrators Michelle Shutt and Charles Jordan. That's after what the union calls a "scathing" and previously unreleased report from consultants hired to observe diversity and equity matter on campus.
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Event speakers and attendees discussed themes of mentorship, support and being a leader.
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The holiday was given federal status by President Joe Biden in 2021. It commemorates the end of slavery in Galveston, Texas, in 1865.
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Union to hold no-confidence votes after Greenfield Community College leadership withholds DEI reportGreenfield Community College's faculty and staff union is scheduling votes of no confidence in the school's president and provost. They say that those top administrators actively hid a scathing report about diversity, equity and inclusion at the college.
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Continued delay in eliminating 'especially cumbersome' rule for cannabis deliveries in MassachusettsThe Mass. cannabis two-driver delivery rule has been voted down by state regulators , three years after it was adopted. Operators say it put companies out of business. But its repeal has been delayed.
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MassHire Hampden County Workforce Board CEO Peter Farkas talks about the staffing situation in Holyoke and Springfield — and how a major grant could address the situation.
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The Sheffield Historical Society will unveil a new headstone for Civil War veteran William Jones. Jones served as a member of the 54th regiment, one of the first Black regiments to serve in the war.