The two candidates in the race for the 1st Berkshire District state representative seat in this year’s Democratic primary will meet for a forum this month. The contest pits a political veteran against a relative newcomer looking to take state office for the first time.

A week from now, a Massachusetts judge will hear a challenge from two developers who wanted to build a new Springfield courthouse. The project attracted multiple bids last year – all to replace the home of Hampden County Superior Court and other facilities downtown.

Miguel “Mike” Rivera was sworn in today as Springfield's newest fire commissioner. As WAMC reports, his appointment as the first Latino to lead western Massachusetts' largest fire department carries special meaning across the city – especially in the neighborhood where he grew up.

The Massachusetts Senate voted to expand reproductive healthcare for Massachusetts residents by removing restrictions on abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Last year, a rail car factory in Springfield, Massachusetts, found itself at the center of a federal import freeze. It meant confusion and furloughs for the Chinese-owned CRRC MA plant, tasked with pumping out cars for Boston's MBTA system.But, there was a breakthrough - and ever since March, workers have been returning to the plant.

When I got the call from the organizers of the 10th-annual "Moby-Dick” read-a-thon at Arrowhead – the historic Pittsfield, Massachusetts, home where Herman Melville penned the epic starting in 1850 – asking me to take part, I said yes with every fiber of my being.

This month, Mass Audubon is celebrating the official acquisition of a new, nearly 900-acre piece of land in Becket, Mass. The former site of the Berkshires Fishing Club is now the Palmer Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, and it will join the more than 40,000 acres already protected by the statewide nonprofit as its 113th property.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Kevin Moran, Executive Editor of The Berkshire Eagle about Lenox public schools seeing an increase in school spending.

In Massachusetts, the convention center in the heart of downtown Springfield is getting a “historic” financial boost.

With a primary set for Sept. 1, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal says he will, in fact, take part in a primary debate with Democratic opponent Jeromie Whalen.