The Rundown with Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown, it’s prognosticating and postulating as host Carrie Saldo gathers a group of journalists to discuss what they think the standout stories of 2024 will be! She’ll talk about the tax rates in western mass, east/west rail, and much, much more with this week’s panel: Payton North, the Executive Editor of Reminder Publishing, NEPM’s very own reporter Adam Frenier, and Larry Parnass, the Executive Editor of The Republican Newspaper.Plus, we’ll hear some of the latest

In this episode of The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, is west-east rail picking up steam? Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has tapped a director for the long-awaited railroad line. In the bid to regain local control of Holyoke schools, officials are frustrated by state education leaders who say it's not time for a hand off just yet. And, why city and town clerks are struggling to keep up with the demand for mail-in ballots. Panelists include Steve Fox, senior lecturer at UMass Amherst, NEPM

In this Friday’s edition of The Rundown, a police search for a book in a middle school classroom sparks questions and concerns about censorship and government overreach, western Mass. museums pull objects from display after new federal rules require tribal consent. And we’ll explore the reason why advocates are bugging the state to be better about pesticide use. That and more with our panel. Plus, host Carrie Saldo sits down with Charmaine Nelson to find out more about the Slavery North