Beacon Hill in 5
Mass. Senate lawmakers passed some session rules aiming to make the legislative process a little easier for people in the Commonwealth to understand.
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We discuss family storytelling with picture book "Jane Writes a Play," learn about this weekend's Queer Story Slam, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.
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Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss the expansive legacy of local Black author James Weldon Johnson, discuss the absence of fluoride in drinking water in the Berkshires, remember the life of Bishop Bryant Robinson and much more.
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There’s no mud or bugs, air is crisp, the sun late afternoon beams through hemlock needles that act like prisms scattering shards of light. Who’d want to miss that?
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