GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

In her proposed budget released last week, the Mass. governor included a multi million-dollar "down payment" that will staff up and investing in infrastructure that could be used to kick thousands of residents off Medicaid programs like MassHealth, next year.

Progressive plaintiffs say Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell's 'unfairly incomplete' summary should disqualify income tax reduction bid.

Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan, who covers Hampshire and Franklin counties, said the rights of residents need to be protected despite actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

We plow through the impacts of this week's major snowstorm, the Trump administration's attempts to deconstruct critical government programs that support people facing homelessness, how the state and residents are responding to rising utility bills.

We check out the Global Game Jam at Hampshire College, learn about local winery Black Birch Vineyards and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's surtax supplemental budget will be weighted toward transportation

The killing of Alex Pretti this weekend, a U.S. citizen at an immigration enforcement protest, has drawn calls for a probe from both sides of the aisle in Congress. The Trump Administration has maintained that the actions by federal authorities were justified.

A proposal to tax recreation in the Franklin County town of Charlemont will be heard this week on Beacon Hill.

We cover Gov. Maura Healey's State of the Commonwealth address, discuss Quabbin Reservoir stewardship as water levels dip 10 feet lower than normal, explore a production furlough in Springfield following U.S. Customs and Border Protection decision and much more.

We tour the Amelia Park Children's Museum ahead of their Penguin Plunge fundraiser, we hear live music from singer-songwriter Patty Larkin, and McGovern with Rep. JIm McGovern.