Public Affairs

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...

The State We’re In: Todd Smola

This week’s guest is State Representative Todd Smola (R) – Palmer and the First Hampden District. Among other issues, we’ll discuss his vote against the Casino gambling bill and the proposal to place a casino in his...

Andrea Nuciforo

Former State Senator Andrea Nuciforo of Pittsfield will discuss his plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Richard Neal of Springfield for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the new First Congressional District that now includes both Pittsfield and Springfield. Nuciforo...

Sports Economics

Smith College Professor of Economics Andrew Zimbalist will discuss the labor issues in sports in general (i.e.:  NBA lockout, NFL pre-season getting a late start and recent MLB and NHL collective bargaining) and what relation it has to the current U.S. culture and...

MA Realtors

Vincent Walsh, Pres. , Realtor Assoc. of Pioneer Valley and Kevin Sears, Past-Pres. , Mass.  Realtors Assoc. discuss implications of the possible reduction or end of federal Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction and other issues facing homeowners in the current economy....

The State We’re In

State Representatives Michael Kane (D) – Holyoke and Don Humason (R) – Westfield will discuss the final days of the 2011 legislative session –including disposition of casino gambling...

Libya After Gadhafi

Vincent Ferraro, Professor of International Politics at Mount Holyoke College, will discuss the situation in Libya and the Middle East after the death of dictator Muamar...

The State We’re In: Brian Lees

This week our scheduled guest is ABC40 & Fox 6 political analyst and former State Senator Minority Leader Brian Lees. With the first caucuses and primaries less than two months away we’ll look at the 2012 presidential race, next year’s Mass. U.S. Senate...

Casino Gambling

Attorney and former State Representative Michael Walsh will discuss the potential impact of casino gambling coming to Massachusetts. In the legislature, Walsh chaired the Committee on Government Regulation which had authority over legalized gambling in the...

Election Recap

We’ll look at the results of Mayoral elections across the region with political commentators including political science Prof. Jerold Duquette of Central Connecticut State...