The State We’re In: Joe Wagner

State Representative Joe Wagner, Democrat of Chicopee and the Eighth Hampden District and House Chair of the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies will discuss the Governor’s proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget and progress being made toward...

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....

Entrepreneurship

Marla Michel, UMass Exec. Dir. for Economic Development and Regional Partnerships and Director of the Scibelli Enterprise Center at STCC Technology Park, Cari Carpenter, Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation Entrepreneurship Initiative and attorney Scott Foster of...

Economist Polina Vlasenko

Economist Polina Vlasenko, PhD, Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, will discuss her recent “Viewpoint” column for the Springfield Republican on slow growth in the US economy and recent web posting on the unemployment rate....

Casino Opponents

Kathleen Norbut of  “United to Stop Slots in Massachusetts” will discuss latest developments now that casino and slot-machine gambling has been legalized in the state....

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...

The State We’re In: Rep. Richard Neal

Our guest is U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D) – Mass. 2nd District. We’ll discuss the failure of the “Super Committee” to come up with a deficit reduction plan as well as Congressional redistricting and the 2012 presidential...

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....