Policing
A decade of civilian complaints against Holyoke police shows that of the 92 times an officer was named, the department upheld those allegations only three times. NEPM obtained the records after a sweeping police reform law in Massachusetts opened up law enforcement misconduct investigations to greater public scrutiny.
State of the Union
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President Biden is delivering his State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. ET. The speech is expected to highlight the strength of the economy and past legislative wins.
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Este martes el Presidente Joe Biden dará el discurso anual del Estado de la Unión. Por primera vez, NPR News transmitirá la cobertura y análisis en inglés y español.
Western Massachusetts
The field for Springfield’s 2023 mayoral election grew again on Tuesday, when City Council President Jesse Lederman announced his candidacy.
Regional News
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John Bracey, a founding member of the UMass Afro-American Studies Department, spent five decades teaching African and African-American history.
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Many New England states are working to protect and expand abortion access after the Supreme Court ruled against the constitutional right to abortion.
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The speech comes as a new ABC Washington Post poll found a majority of Americans don't think President Biden has accomplished much.
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The Republican's executive editor, Cynthia Simison, is retiring from the post in the coming weeks. She's been at the paper since 1977 and is the first woman to hold the top job in the newsroom. Simison will be succeeded by another veteran western Massachusetts journalist and editor, Larry Parnass.
Turners Falls institution the Shady Glen Diner serves up food, sense of community
Commentary
"Don’t get into the cars of strangers," most of us — quite sensibly — have been told. But our commentator says hitching can be a valuable way to connect.
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