Public Affairs

Anti-Bullying Activist

UMass Electrical Engineering and Computer Science major Krysten Moore is an anti-bullying activist after being a bullying victim in her younger years. She’s also Miss Bergen County New Jersey and a contestant for Miss New Jersey in June. A win there puts her in...

Prosperity Candle

March is Women’s History Month and host Carrie Saldo takes a look at the work Prosperity Candle is doing with women both in Western Massachusetts and around the world. Through candle making, Prosperity Candle is able to assist women from distressed areas of the...

What to Expect with the Economy

Economist John Rogers, Assoc. Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness at American International College, looks at the economy. What can we expect in the months ahead? How will $4 or $5 a gallon gas impact the current, slow recovery? Why has the market soared...

Second Careers

A bad economy not only means people are out of work,  but also that people must return to school in order to survive and a second career. We visit the campuses of Springfield Technical Community College, Our Lady of the Elms College and Springfield College to talk...

The State We’re In: Nicholas Boldyga

State Representative Nicholas Boldyga ( R), Southwick and the 3rd Hampden District, will discuss the Governor’s proposal for taxes and fee increases in the Fiscal Year 2013 budget,  as well re-organization of the administration at the state’s community colleges. We’ll...

Women and Philanthropy Preview

Katie Allan Zobel and Kristin Leutz of the Community Foundation of Western Mass. will preview some of the issues they will be discussing in their workshop at the Women in Philanthropy in Western Massachusetts biennial conference “Growing Philanthropy, New...

Super Tuesday Re-ax

ABC40/Fox6 political analyst and former Mass. State Senate Minority Leader Brian Lees will join Jim Madigan to discuss the results of the 10 Super Tuesday republican Presidential primaries and...

Consumer Protection

Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan, Janice Garrett and Jan Healy from the Northwestern District Attorney’s Consumer Protection unit will join Jim Madigan to discuss scams that are being used every day to defraud consumers of millions of dollars....

Northampton Area Young Professionals

Kate Glynn, owner of ” A Child’s Garden” store in downtown Northampton, and Danny Kates, a Managing Associate with Mass Mutual –both members of the Northampton Area Young Professionals will discuss the activities and goals of that organization....

New Media and Businesses

John Garvey, principal and Mary Fallon, Media Director of Springfield-based Garvey Communication Associates will discuss the importance of businesses being on the web and being savvy about social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Garvey Communication...

The State We’re In: Jim Welch

State Sen. Jim Welch (D) – West Springfield and the Hampden Senate District. Welch is currently the Senate Chair of the Joint Committees on Public Safety and Regional Government. Join Jim as he talks to Welch. Jim...

Primary Analysis

Prof. John Baick of Western New England Univ. will join Jim Madigan to analyze the results of the Feb.28 Republican Primaries in Michigan and...