Beacon Hill in 5
The Massachusetts House budget makes $500 million available to cover emergency assistance shelter costs for FY'25. The House budget debate is set for Wednesday, April 24.
The Fabulous 413
Monte Belmonte
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NEPM
We hear about Childrens' Advocacy Center's awareness event, discover a new book about the Longmeadow boy who would become Johnny Appleseed with local author Melissa Cybulski, discuss idioms and Merriam-Webster developments with Word Nerd, and revisit our trip to the path of totality.
The Rundown with Carrie Saldo
Joyce Skowyra
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NEPM
Panelists discuss a defamation and discrimination lawsuit out of Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, the future of psychedelics in Massachusetts, Springfield’s first Black police superintendent, and much more from the NEPM newsroom.
Documentary
"At Sword's Point" recounts a pivotal moment in American history when Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare found its first true target in the labor movement of the United Electrical Workers in Greenfield, Massachusetts in the early 1950s. Broadcast on 88.5 NEPM on Saturday, May 4 at noon and Sunday, May 5 at 3 p.m.
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News from NPR
- A new generation is uncovering the tiny doodles left by engineers on old microchips
- ABBA, The Notorious B.I.G. and Green Day named to the National Recording Registry
- As Iran attacked Israel, old and faked videos and images got millions of views on X
- ISIS destroyed his instruments. He made a new one from scraps and composed an album
- Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down airport highways and bridges in major cities
- A knife attack in Australia is being treated as terrorism
- The House plans to hold separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine after delays
- Boeing challenges whistleblower allegations, details how airframes are put together
Can't-Miss Stories
- More delays, higher costs, erased penalties as MBTA changes deal with Springfield manufacturer
- A new North Adams Regional Hospital opens, admits its first patient
- Like other Mass. towns, Great Barrington sued over millions in cannabis 'impact' fees
- Back-and-forth continues between Smith College and students as sit-in nears a week
- Federal database says Springfield museum has Native remains from central Mass. The museum disagrees.
State control of Holyoke Public Schools