NEW ENGLAND

We break down a lawsuit filed alleging racial segregation in western Mass. schools, the end of federal oversight on the Springfield police department, the 350th anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre, the legacy and passing of former Rep. Barney Frank and much more.

We talk with founder and organizer of the Odenong Powwow Justin Beatty before event's 6th iteration, visit Growing a Bunch Farm in Ashfield, and check in with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Renowned ornithologist, author and illustrator takes us on a birding excursion to hunt for bobolinks that are returning from Argentina!

We check out the "Legoland" theater production at CitySpace and tour Arrowhead, Herman Melville's country estate as it opens for the season.

Given the unique chance to reshape the Cannabis Control Commission, on Tuesday Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey tapped a former revenue commissioner who more recently has been steering the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to chair the new-look, downsized panel.The governor appointed Christopher Harding as chair of the new three-person CCC — and also picked as commissioners western Mass. economic development official Xiomara DeLobato and cannabis law advisor Anthony Wilson.

From vegetable fields to dairy farms, Massachusetts growers say labor shortages and immigration fears are making it harder to keep farms running.

We talk with founders of Milestone Films about their restoration of "Queen Kelly" that will screen at Amherst Cinema and check in with Mr. Universe.

Lawmakers debate the "Mass Wins Act" containing tech and business investments, amid tight deadlines, assessing consequences of a decreased income tax and state budget talks.

We head to Franklin County to tour the site of the Great Falls Massacre 350 years after it was carried out by Captain William Turner, for whom the surrounding village is now named after, with Nolumbeka Project President David Brule.

Massachusetts is home to nearly 90,000 Cape Verdeans, the largest population in the U.S.