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We take a tour of the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility with advisory board members in honor of Earth Day and stumble into a brand new gem of a pizza spot in Great Barrington.
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With more precipitation in New England — and more intense storms — property owners are taking action to prevent flooding. But for some, the best choices may seem counterintuitive.
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Across New England, developers are looking for new ways to increase affordable housing inventory, and some are using a building method known as mass timber, to inflict less environmental damage.
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On The Rundown, we discuss the potential for local access to the Quabbin Reservoir drinking supply, the budget deficits facing many regional schools, and the termination of a key rail car manufacturing contract.
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The MWRA board is undertaking a preliminary study to direct water from the Quabbin Reservoir — which provides Boston and other eastern Massachusetts communities with drinking water — to the western Mass. towns that surround and protect the reservoir.
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While an expected Massachusetts House budget redraft is expected, and talks are ongoing over a FY'24 spending bill, the solar eclipse might distract lawmakers, if only for a few moments, from focus on these and other pressing legislation.
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Gun reform lawmaking in Massachusetts will continue with urgency behind closed doors. We get the scoop on that and other stories from State House News Service reporter Chris Lisinski.
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We talk about the future of electric vehicles, have a Local Hero Spotlight, and welcome Kaliis back to tell us about the Big Ears music festival.
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This week on The Rundown, panelists discuss the aftermath of racist student bullying, the development of clean energy infrastructure, and more from the NEPM newsroom and the NENC.
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The lawsuit, filed in Berkshire Superior Court on Thursday, alleges both companies knew decades ago that PCBs could be harmful when they sold and used the chemical compound. The EPA classifies PCBs as "probable human carcinogens."