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NEPM is a community-supported, independent non-profit organization based in Springfield, MA.

We provide people in western Mass. with a broad array of local and national programs from PBS and NPR, as well as locally produced programs, series, podcasts and specials.

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Colin A. Young

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State House News Service

What's happening in Mass. to protect transgender residents before Trump proposals go into effect?

Carrie Healy

State lawmakers are supposed to only take up non-controversial matters during this informal session period.
Jill Kaufman

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Some election results aren't final? Deadline was Wednesday in Mass. for clerks to submit final tally

Jill Kaufman

Massachusetts towns and cities have 15 days after the election to submit their final ballot count. In the days after Nov. 5, one western Mass. community which has voted for the Democratic candidate since 1988, at first appeared to have flipped.

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Northampton, Amherst remain sanctuary cities in Massachusetts

Adam Frenier

On Nov. 14, 2024 authorities from Immigration and Customs Enforcement were in Northampton while pursuing a fugitive from Brazil.
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Proponents of passenger rail across northern Massachusetts push for project

Adam Frenier

A coalition of over 100 entities, including communities, businesses and non-profits have expressed support for bringing back passenger rail service along the Route 2 corridor.
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'Hey, can I take a photograph?' Exhibit features people and places from along the Connecticut River

Sam Hudzik

During his bike down alongside the Connecticut River, reporter and photographer Ben James took thousands of photos. Some of them are now on display in an exhibit in Northampton.
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College journalists in western Mass. grapple with reporting during second Trump term

Nirvani Williams

Many people are still processing former President Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in last week’s election. That includes student journalists in western Massachusetts who spoke to NEPM about their approach to reporting in this new political landscape.
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Springfield City Council votes to give $3.3M to wrongfully convicted man

Karen Brown

George Perrot spent more than 30 years in prison for rape until 2016, when a judge ruled the evidence against him was faulty.
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Oglala Sioux Tribe receives two 19th century headdresses from museum in Barre, Mass.

Nancy Eve Cohen

The Barre Museum Association repatriated two native headdresses to the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The items date back to the late 1800s.
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Springfield's Veteran of the Year: 'I learned to be a leader, I learned to be humble'

Tony Hendrix, now 59, said she joined the U.S. Army when she was 17 and stayed in the service almost a decade. In that time she said, she experienced some of the best and hardest lessons of her life.
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Hartford jazz musician gets Grammy nod for 'Cubop' album

Karen Brown

Zaccai Curtis' album, "Cubop Lives," was nominated in the Latin Jazz category.
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Veterans Day spectators honor veterans but not necessarily politics

Karen Brown

Several communities across western Massachusetts held events for Veterans Day.
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A look at the president-elect's agenda and how state lawmakers brace for impacts in Mass.

Carrie Healy

The Massachusetts business climate, immigration, and reproductive policies likely to re-emerge as priorities for lawmakers, as Donald Trump assumes the Presidency again.

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