GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

The sit-down with small business owners brought tension over how they can be involved with the capital project.

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.

Proposed reforms to the federal early education program would eliminate most performance standards, cap spending

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.

Today we discuss a newly released report on sexual abuse in the Mass. Catholic dioceses, profit squeezes on nursing homes that result in a decline in care, upcoming voting in Franklin County on funding and regionalization.

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

We learn about upcoming Stockbridge Munsee Homelands Powwow and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

A state hearing brought fierce opposition from western Mass. residents and lawmakers, who object to the Massachusetts Water Authority's recent request for more water from the Quabbin Reservoir. The agency wants to take 20 million more gallons a day, on top of the 200 million it already gets, mostly to serve eastern Massachusetts communities.

We visit Fern Valley Farm, learn about Jacob's Pillow's fall season, and explore Mass. water supply politics and the Quabbin Reservoir.

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.