While sports fans in New York have gotten used to placing sports wagers this year, Massachusetts has remained one of the last Northeast states without legal sports betting. But that is likely to change soon, after lawmakers hammered out a compromise bill in the late hours of the legislative session. That was just one of the bills that took shape in a flurry of last-minute deals on Beacon Hill. A lead negotiator was Longmeadow State Senator and Democratic lieutenant governor hopeful Eric Lesser.
We speak with North Adams, Mass. Mayor Jennifer Mackey, who will seek a third term.
We listen to the first eight installments of the special WAMC News series on aging.
For Thanksgiving, we take an audio tour deep inside the Polar Seltzer factory in Worcester, Mass.