BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Live Music Friday with the animated Doctor Gasp, an interactive performance "The Teaspoon Brigade," Field Lenox this weekend, and conversation with MGM Springfield President Louis Theros.

Monte Belmonte and Kaliis Smith of NEPM's The Fabulous 413 speaks to MGM Springfield President Louis Theros over casino sale and ongoing litigation involving the city.

We learn about the UMass Game Jam, Franklin Community Co-op's incoming upgrade, and talk to members of the Blind Boys of Alabama.

We visit the function conjunction of Amethyst Farm and speak to Xiomara Rosa, the owner Bueno y Sano's Holyoke location.

Ten businesses in Holyoke have received funding through the state's Community One Stop for Growth initiative, to invest in economic development objectives for the city.

Ahead of the Healey-Minogue debate, we unpack state tax policy, affordability. Plus we look at long-term care legislation and proposed reforms to nursing home oversight.

Boston Globe Spotlight reporter Kay Lazar details how out-of-state owners bought dozens of Massachusetts nursing homes, siphoning profits while patient care suffered.

State House News Service reporter Ella Adams breaks down a demand for a federal probe over the proposed $2 billion courthouse in Springfield, MA, the Beacon Hill showdown on gas tax relief, and new polling on Massachusetts' affordability.

We visit Woven Roots Farm to speak with its land stewards and the team behind Berkshire Agricultural Venture's Farm Business Accelerator Program. We also speak with poet Amy Dryansky in honor of Tell It Slant Festival.

In Part 2 of a series on brewing beer in Massachusetts, we look at a downtown Springfield brewery, White Lion, which is one of the few Black-owned breweries in the state. And like most breweries nationwide, it is seeking new ways to reach a changing beer market.