WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

We talk to Jazz à la Mode host and Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski about the 100th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee and learn about little red dots with Mr. Universe.

We hear live music from Cheap City, learn about the documentary, "Secret Mall Apartment," and try wine at Tip Top Wine Shop.

More than four months into the Legislative session, lawmakers on Beacon Hill have not agreed on a rules package, and that's beginning to affect western Mass. residents.

We talk with John Sanders of DSP Shows about this year's Green River Festival, check out Franklin County Technical School's food pantry and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss the possible consequences and solutions to massive bee colony collapse, plans to repurpose the vacant Berkshire Mall for senior housing, the latest in a controversial biomass plant development in Springfield and much more.

The union representing card dealers' at MGM Springfield was established last year, but management is questioning the validity of the unionization vote.

Custodians, dining workers, and groundskeepers at Mount Holyoke College rally Tuesday for fair union contracts before bargaining discussions end next month.

Today we host a roundtable discussion with four local organizations who are facing real-life material consequences from widespread federal funding cuts.

Diving into a more than 150 year old tradition, one a law, that is still upheld by a couple of small Massachusetts towns and supports Massachusetts libraries.

More than a half-dozen colleges will hold commencement exercises across western Mass., starting Thursday.