During his weekly briefing today, Vermont Governor Phil Scott focused on the two key issues he is hearing about as he restarts visits to each county in the state: affordability and the need for housing.

Two contested primaries in Hampden County, Massachusetts Tuesday ended with voters picking the incumbents. But one race was a squeaker.

Great Barrington, Massachusetts selectboard vice chair Leigh Davis has won the Democratic primary for the 3rd Berkshire District State House seat.

Polls will be closing in a few hours in Massachusetts as the state’s primary elections come to an end. For most candidates in the Pioneer Valley, there wasn’t much of a contest, but it’s been a different story in the region’s biggest city.

Advocates are hoping to keep a spotlight on the issue now that Overdose Awareness Month is behind us. They gathered in Burlington, Vermont’s City Hall Park last week to remember and honor individuals who lost their lives to accidental overdoses.

Labor Day weekend was chock-full of fairs and festivals across western Massachusetts — including one of the country's oldest returning to Northampton.

During the Burlington, Vermont Police Commission meeting this week, concerns were raised about increasing violence in the city in the aftermath of the first homicide of the year.

Two of the most competitive primary races in the Pioneer Valley come to a head Tuesday. Both are Democratic primaries. One is the Hampden district race, with State Senator Adam Gomez fielding a challenge from Springfield City Councilor Malo Brown.Also in the Springfield area is the 11th Hampden House race, which pits Representative Bud Williams against local educator Johnnie Ray McKnight.WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos spoke with Matt Szafranski, Editor-in-Chief of Western Mass. Politics & Insight about both races.

As voters in the 3rd Berkshire District prepare to go to the polls Tuesday, Great Barrington, Massachusetts selectboard Vice Chair Leigh Davis is making her case to represent the Southern Berkshires on Beacon Hill.

A couple hundred high schoolers in Springfield, Massachusetts started their year in a new facility with a view – all part of the city’s Empowerment Zone Partnership.”