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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."
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This week on The Rundown, panelists discuss impacts of gunfire at Springfield Sci-Tech, Gov. Healey’s effort towards economic development and marijuana pardons, the race for the 3rd Berkshire District and much more.
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We experience exhibiting emancipation at Williams College Museum of Art, hear about Catherine Coleman Flower's upcoming keynote address at UMass, and talk to a local hero at Diemand Farm.
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We talk about Amherst College's LitFest with comedian Aparna Nancherla and event organizer Jen Acker, drinking water disputes with NEPM's Alden Bourne, and mondegreens with word nerd Emily Brewster.