GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

We break down how income taxes fund Massachusetts’ budget, and what a cut could mean for state revenue and services.

We celebrate Valley Free Radio's 20th birthday, launch into Antenna Cloud Farm's new season of programming and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Despite Beacon Hill being quiet, a number of ballot questions have cleared the first hurdle towards getting onto the Massachusetts ballot.

The Healey administration has distributed millions of dollars to Mass. schools in an attempt to beef up early literacy

Springfield City Councilor Maria Perez alleges that she was terminated from New North Citizens Council for political reasons.

The town of Montague hired historical investigators to fill in details of the "Falls Fight," where 250 Native people were killed more than 350 years ago. The study was funded by the National Park Service.

Elected members of the Holyoke School Committee were only advisors to the state for a decade, when the district was under state receivership. As of July 2025, they are once again the decision makers on matters impacting the district.

The study from the UMass Amherst Donahue Institute said research funding helps to support more than 81,000 jobs and a total of over $16 billion in economic activity in Massachusetts.

We talk with writer and producer Haile Eshe Cole and assistant producer Nicole Young-Martin of emerging play "Belly," and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

The Trump administration claims the Department of Education needed to review the funds being withheld from local school districts to ensure spending aligned with the White House's priorities.