GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

John Hodgman, former western Mass. resident, stops by to chat on his new tv show, we take a tour of the Clark Museum in Williamstown, and Rep. Jim McGovern gives us the Capitol Hill rundown.

The Springfield City Council on Tuesday Night held another meeting related to policing. For about an hour, it received updates on how the city’s police department is working to abide by a consent decree with federal authorities. It also heard from the chair of the police commission, who said the panel needs more resources.

We begin our "Meet the Mayors" segment with Mayor Joshua Garcia of Holyoke, Mass., get to the core definitions of love with The Word Nerd, Emily Brewster, and have law professor Jennifer Taub explain the mess of grand juries and former presidents within which we are currently entrenched.

Groups that signed the letter, organized by Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, urged lawmakers to keep the policy in place until July 31, 2024.

The provision allowing governmental bodies to meet using remote meeting technology has not been renewed yet. It, along with other pandemic-related measures are set to expire on March 31 and April 1, if the Legislature doesn't get a measure through conference committee and to the Governor in time.

A federal anti-abortion case being heard by a Texas judge has the potential to impact states where abortion is legal. A federal judge in Texas appointed by Donald Trump is expected to rule soon whether to take an abortion pill, long ago approved by the FDA, off the market.

An official in Windsor, Massachusetts, said the town got three and a half feet of snow in some places.

The Springfield City Council has unveiled appointments to four working groups designed to make proposals to improve certain aspects of life in the city.

Congregation Beth Israel, which owns the historic funeral chapel in Hartford's Beth Israel Cemetery, still has not agreed to postpone the March 21st demolition date with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong's office.

McGovern, a Worcester Democrat, told The Fabulous 413 he would be "generally" in favor of removing the congressional exemption to the public records law, but does not want to release personal information shared by people who write to his office seeking help.