Jose Tosado

Springfield City Council President Jose Tosado will be leaving office after his unsuccessful race for Mayor. He will discuss his years on the Council and what he sees for Springfield’s future....

The State We’re In-Jim Welch

Our guest is State Senator Jim Welch (D) –West Springfield and the Hampden Senate District. We’ll look at reports this week that the state faces a billion dollar deficit in FY 2013, as well as the latest developments on the Casino issue and legislative...

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...

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...

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...

Congressman Olver’s Retirement

Political consultant Tony Cignoli comments on the announcement by Congressman John Olver to retire at the end of this term and the impact this will have on Congressional Redistricting in western...

The State We’re In: Casinos

We’ll get the latest on the legislation to allow Casino gambling in Massachusetts with scheduled guests State Senator Stan Rosenberg (D)-Amherst and the Hampshire-Franklin Senate District and State Rep. Joseph Wagner (D) – Chicopee-8thHampden District and House Chair...

Death of Osama bin Laden

Former U.S. Ambassador Mark Hambley will join Jim Madigan to give his perspective on the death of Osama bin Laden. Hambley has served for over 30 years in the U.S. diplomatic service stationed in North Africa and Middle East. Additional Info: Mark Hambley on Wikipedia...