Massachusetts
Nicole DeFeudis
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State House News Service
The Trump administration's move to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending triggered an avalanche of uncertainty, panic and outrage, including a lawsuit from Attorney General Andrea Campbell and several of her counterparts.
NEPM
We visit Twin Rivers Farm in Ashley Falls to learn about their sustainable dairy operations and check in with Mr. Universe about the future of federally funded science.
![This week’s panel includes Sam Hudzik [not pictured], news director of NEPM; John Micek [not pictured], political editor at MassLive; Adam Hinds, former state senator and CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute; and Springfield-based political consultant Anthony Cignoli [not pictured].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2d9f19e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff0%2Fba%2F1fa6672a46e0abaea0404f7c5ce8%2F250124-rndn-00.jpg)
Ayu Suryawan
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NEPM
Today on The Rundown, panelists digest President Donald Trump’s first week back in office, and how his many executive orders could impact western Massachusetts.
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Susan Johnson
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Courtesy of the author
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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