WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

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.

We get a Live Music (and dance) Session with Flamenco Boston, speak with artist Charlie Gould who has a painting hung right here at NEPM, and speak with the Word Nerd about English's archaic roots.

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.

The report from Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's office stops short of issuing any indictments.

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

It struck several people in downtown Turners Falls that when their businesses last week were defaced with graffiti — it seemed targeted, but misplaced. In this western Massachusetts village in the town of Montague, the numerous messages were connected to the violence in Gaza, to children dying, and notably to the eating of brunch.

We speak with musician and filmmaker Boots Riley before his talk and screening of his latest, "I Love Boosters," learn how UMass will celebrate International Translation Day, and check in with Mr. Universe.

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.