WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

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.

We check in about Northampton's annual Ice Art Festival, chat with members of punk band Film & Gender before their show at The Iron Horse and ask the Word Nerd about phrases concerning construction.

A University of Massachusetts student involved in “Students for Justice in Palestine” was suspended in December, according to his attorneys. Now he is suing the school, alleging his First Amendment rights were violated.

We talk to Executive Director Tony Dunne and host Beth Ward of As Schools Match Wits and check in with board member and educator of The Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership.

We talk with keyboardist and former NPR host Christopher O'Riley about musical project "The Bach Dialogues" and learn about Greenfield Community Television's 6th annual Lights! Camera! Greenfield! film festival.

Around western Massachusetts, the sound of snow blowers and shoveling were a constant on Monday. In the frigid cold at one household, roommates took turns digging out cars. It turns out, their is household of public transportation bus drivers - each with professional training to drive on weather days like these.

The Trump administration is continuing to attack New England’s liberal arts colleges, including those in western Massachusetts. Among the criticisms — they are too “woke" and tuition is too high. Reporter Diti Kohli from The Boston Globe recently asked ten school presidents to defend themselves.

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

Flights are canceled and school districts are closing down Monday as the inches of precipitation fall in Massachusetts.