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Matt Szafranski of Western Mass. Politics & Insight on some of the Pioneer Valley's top political stories of 2025

Springfield City Hall on Monday, April 7, 2025.
James Paleologopoulos
FILE - Springfield City Hall

All politics is local, and the Pioneer Valley is no exception. 

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos spoke with Western Mass Politics &Insight editor-in-chief Matt Szafranski about some of this year’s top political stories. 

They include what could be a generational divide taking shape in Springfield and beyond, and political upheaval in Northampton, where a group devoted to securing public school funding took on the city government at the ballot box...

An abridged version of this story ran on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.

More political news, analyses and commentary can be found on the Western Mass Politics & Insight website.

Full transcription of interview to come.

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