A program that puts free books in the hands of young students and their teachers recently arrived in Holyoke - complete with a celebration featuring the governor.

Ahead of President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress tonight at 9, the Massachusetts congressional delegation held a press conference in Washington today decrying the first weeks of his second term.

Today is Town Meeting Day in Vermont, the traditional time when residents meet to hash out budgets and local elections. Some communities hold their meetings at other times to encourage more participation. The Town of Middlebury gathered Monday evening.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has been on the road, promoting road funding proposals that could mean almost double the amount of Chapter 90 dollars for some rural communities and more.

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts school committee shared findings from a staff misconduct investigation and backed a search for an interim superintendent at its latest meeting.

House Democrats say they are working to review Governor Phil Scott’s education reform plan and want to hear from Vermonters about the proposal during next week’s Town Meeting break.

John Rodgers is in his first weeks as Vermont Lieutenant Governor. The Legislature is about to take its annual week long Town Meeting break, and the Republican is dissatisfied with the progress legislators have made so far.

The independent cinema that has served Williamstown, Massachusetts for over a century is taking on a major upgrade and expansion project.

Approaching a decade as president of Springfield Technical Community College, Dr. John Cook’s tenure has seen expansions in programming, a pandemic and more recently, the state’s free community college initiative. He says it’s meant double-digit increases in enrollment, coupled with other developments on the Springfield campus and beyond. Cook sat down with WAMC to talk state investments, what role STCC plays in the region and more.

Vermont’s Congressional delegation hosted a telephone and virtual town hall Wednesday evening. Many people posed questions on how to respond to federal cuts.