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The Western Massachusetts Correctional Alcohol Center's previous location on Howard St. in Springfield.
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The Short List: Volunteers With Guns, Not-In-My-North-End And A Pay Equity Push

NEPR's Week In Review

What made The Short List this week?

  • Armed volunteers guarded military recruitment centers around the country, including in Keene, N.H. In the wake of the deadly attacks in Chattanooga, we explore the complicated question of whether recruiters should be allowed to carry guns.
  • Hampden County Sheriff Michael Ashe wants to make Springfield’s North End the permanent home of a substance abuse treatment facility for inmates, which was booted from its previous site by MGM construction. Mayor Demonic Sarno supports the plan, but many in the neighborhood are objecting.
  • Good-paying jobs and who can get them: Legislation proposed on pay equity and transparency in Massachusetts got a hearing on Beacon Hill this week. (WGBH)

To explore these stories, New England Public Radio’s Susan Kaplan sat down with El Sol Latino contributor and public relations consultant Natalia Muñoz. and Matt Szafranski of Western Mass Politics & Insight. Hear their conversation by clicking the audio player above.