BUSINESS & ECONOMY

ists discuss the evolving Cannabis Control Commission, DOGE’s decision to close Springfield’s Small Business istration, a call for more water protections for the Quabbin Reservoir and much more.

Last week, a Massachusetts House committee advanced a bill seeking to make changes to the state's cannabis regulatory agency. The proposal also increases the cap on licenses for business owners.

Drafts of the next Massachusetts budget have cleared the House and Senate. They now move to a six-person conference committee, which must come up with a single approach.

The auto club AAA predicts more than 45 million people nationally will travel more than 50 miles from home, which would break a record set last year. And most will do so by vehicle.

Today on The Rundown, ists discuss the possible consequences and solutions to massive bee colony collapse, plans to repurpose the vacant Berkshire Mall for senior housing, the latest in a controversial biomass plant development in Springfield and much more.

The union representing card dealers' at MGM Springfield was established last year, but management is questioning the validity of the unionization vote.

More than a half-dozen colleges will hold commencement exercises across western Mass., starting Thursday.

We meet many of the folx making up the former factory, now work/event/living space Greylock WORKS in North Adams.

Rumors about a sale of the MGM Springfield casino began to circulate last year.

Today on The Rundown, ists discuss the first 100 days of the Trump istration, the Mass. Latino population’s significant contributions to the state’s economy, returning Holyoke schools from state to local control and much more.