Jill Kaufman
Jill has been reporting, producing features and commentaries, and hosting shows at NEPR since 2005. Before that she spent almost 10 years at WBUR in Boston, five of them producing PRI’s “The Connection” with Christopher Lydon. In the months leading up to the 2000 primary in New Hampshire, Jill hosted NHPR’s daily talk show, and subsequently hosted NPR’s All Things Considered during the South Carolina Primary weekend. Right before coming to NEPR, Jill was an editor at PRI's The World, working with station based reporters on the international stories in their own domestic backyards. Getting people to tell her their stories, she says, never gets old.
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Tuesday is primary day in Massachusetts, with big races across the state. Among them: the Republican primary for governor. Former President Donald Trump is backing the more conservative GOP candidate. Whoever wins will face the presumed Democratic candidate, Attorney General Maura Healey. -
Severe drought in Massachusetts has farmers tallying this year's losses. Many are working overtime to irrigate and supplement absent rainfall. Some streams and ponds they use have been drying up.
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Within the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that made it a constitutional right to have an abortion. If so, it will be up to each state to determine whether abortion is legal. Even as Connecticut and Massachusetts have abortion rights baked into state law, the region will experience the ripple effects of this huge change. -
The University of Massachusetts Amherst has unveiled a new Carbon Zero Program for its 1,500 acre campus. -
Fluctuating fuel prices are hitting the school bus industry hard. Some districts lock in fuel prices for multiple years, and others pay as you go. There's pain and uncertainty all around.
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The soaring price of fuel is hitting school bus companies and districts with contract riders, where the cost of fuel can fluctuate, higher or lower, depending on the market. -
UMass football has started a search for a new head coach after firing Walt Bell over the weekend. -
Several Massachusetts entertainment venues have announced they will be in full swing this summer. The Big E in West Springfield, one of the largest... -
Updated at 3:59 p.m. on March 31 The documentary " Ashes to Ashes " tells the story of a friendship between an Amherst, Massachusetts, doctor and a New... -
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, which owns and operates Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts, has announced it will hold live in-person concerts this...
