Economy

Rip-Offs & Scams

Janice Garrett, Director of Consumer Protection for Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan.Janice Garrett, Director of Consumer Protection for Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan, joins Jim Madigan to discuss rip-offs and scams that all consumers...

Chamber President

Jeff Ciuffreda, President of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield, will talk with Jim Madigan about his first year on the job and upcoming plans and events to support and promote the regional economy....

Housing and the Economy

Hampden County Register of Deeds Donald Ashe will discuss with Jim Madigan what the 2011 real estate transactions recorded by his office tell him about the housing market and the state of the local economy....

Western MA Small Business Development Center

Dianne Doherty, Regional Dir. Mass. Small Business Development Center in Springfield, Lyne Kendall, Senior Business Advisor/Financial Analyst and Allen Kronick, Senior Business Advisor will discuss work they do to help small business start and grow in the region....

MA Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative

Edward Leyden, Pres. of Ben Franklin Design and Manufacturing in Agawam, is Co-Chair of the Mass.  Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative: a public-private group focused on accelerating the growth of manufacturing in Massachusetts....

Northampton Living Wage Coalition

Kitty Callaghan and Jon Weissman, Steering Cmte. members of the Northampton Living Wage Coalition, will discuss the group’s’ efforts in the community to have workers paid what they consider a living wage in Northampton. ($12.09 per hour –Mass....

Unemployment (part 1)

In the first of a two part series we visit Holyoke Works, a regionally renowned workforce development group serving adult job seekers in and around Holyoke, Massachusetts. The organization assists adults to become ready for today’s job market through training programs...

Western New England University Poll

Tim Vercellotti, Associate Prof. of Political Science and Director of the Western New England University Polling Institute will discuss findings of the recent survey on how New England residents see the state of the economy — both in this region and nationally....

Plan for Progress Update

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Executive Director Tim Brennan and Paul Tangredi, Dir. Principal, Environmental Services, Inc. and Co-chair, “Plan for Progress” will discuss the 2011 annual update on the “Plan for Progress”, the...

9/11 and the US Economy

Economist Prof. David Kotz from UMass/Amherst discusses his views on how the governments’ response to the 9/11 terror attacks has impacted the US economy over the past...

The Economy

Economist John Rogers, Associate Vice Pres. for Institutional Effectiveness at American Int’l College and Economics Prof. Karl Petrick of Western New England University will discuss the prospects for the US and world economy in this time of stock market...