Today on The Rundown, Carrie Saldo and ists discuss a need to expand accessible transportation services into rural areas. What could this mean for the western part of the state? We’ll dig in and find out.
As pro-Palestinian protestors at University of Massachusetts Amherst were arraigned this week, a contentious Faculty Senate meeting was held with the newly-installed chancellor, Javier Reyes. We discuss concerns voiced by the UMass community and the chancellor’s response.
Plus, as litigation around PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, in the Berkshires continues, some small towns in western Massachusetts are ahead of the state in regulating large-scale green energy projects.
This week’s includes Greg Sukiennik, news editor for Sam Hudzik, news director for NEPM.
![Kevin Moran, executive editor of The Berkshire Eagle; political consultant Anthony Cignoli; Laura Colarusso, editor of The CommonWealth Beacon [not pictured]; and NEPM reporter Jill Kaufman.](https://image.staticox.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims4%2Fdefault%2Fad38559%2F2147483647%2Fstrip%2Ftrue%2Fcrop%2F880x490%2B0%2B26%2Fresize%2F280x156%21%2Fquality%2F90%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%252F3a%252F57%252Fe707b5cd470786502c264e73b869%252Fgrove.png)
