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RGM on Public Radio's "The Rundown with Carrie Saldo"

Continuing the discussion across Massachusetts about the recent "Nuclear Berkshires" investigation

By Bill Shein

/ 11 Apr 2026

RGM on Public Radio's "The Rundown with Carrie Saldo"

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RGM DISPATCH: New Crosswalk Lights, ICE Spending, and “On the Radio”

In this edition: Pedestrian safety in Great Barrington (including crosswalk lights with a mind of their own), more details of what ICE is buying from Massachusetts companies, and yes, that Donna Summer song.

By Bill Shein

/ 14 Feb 2026

RGM DISPATCH: New Crosswalk Lights, ICE Spending, and “On the Radio”

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RGM DISPATCH: A Man is Critically Injured at a Great Barrington Crosswalk Long Known to be Dangerous

A seventy-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck at a Route 7 crosswalk where pedestrian risks—particularly for elderly residents living nearby—have long been known. Upgrades have been deferred for years.

By Bill Shein

/ 17 Jan 2026

RGM DISPATCH: A Man is Critically Injured at a Great Barrington Crosswalk Long Known to be Dangerous

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RGM DISPATCH: Housatonic Water Woes, B.H.S. Data Breach Update, and the Meaning of "Reason Gone Mad"

In this newsletter: Updates on a western Massachusetts hospital system’s data breach; a water company whose problems have outlived generations of regulators; public-records requests aging in place; and a look back at rogue-nation-identification tips first published on Reason Gone Mad in 2006.

By Bill Shein

/ 10 Jan 2026

RGM DISPATCH: Housatonic Water Woes, B.H.S. Data Breach Update, and the Meaning of "Reason Gone Mad"

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RGM DISPATCH: A New Year and New Plans

The new website is live and The RGM Dispatch is up and running.

By Bill Shein

/ 31 Dec 2025

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RGM DISPATCH: A new chapter for this work

The Argus is becoming The RGM Dispatch—same mission, broader scope, new possibilities.

By Bill Shein

/ 22 Nov 2025

RGM DISPATCH: A new chapter for this work

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Free Event: A Conversation with Mariah Blake

This Thursday at the American Museum of Tort Law, a conversation with investigative journalist Mariah Blake about her gripping new book, “They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals”

By Bill Shein

/ 21 Oct 2025

Free Event: A Conversation with Mariah Blake

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THE ARGUS EYE: A long-overdue D.P.H. report on PCBs and cancer delivers no surprises

PCBs may play a role, the agency says, but the mix of diffuse exposures, data limitations, and many other cancer risk factors leaves no clear culprit.

By Bill Shein

/ 15 Sep 2025

THE ARGUS EYE: A long-overdue D.P.H. report on PCBs and cancer delivers no surprises

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THE ARGUS EYE: Rep. Neal gets a challenger, junk fees get a spotlight, and The Argus gets on WAMC

In this edition of The Argus Eye, news of what may be an interesting race for Congress in western Massachusetts next year.

By Bill Shein

/ 2 Sep 2025

Photos of Rep. Richard Neal, at left, and challenger Jeromie Whalen, at right.

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THE ARGUS EYE: Unexplained delays continue to hold up PCB cancer study

The state’s Department of Public Health has again pushed off release of a Housatonic Region cancer study it began in 2021.

By Bill Shein

/ 9 Aug 2025

THE ARGUS EYE: Unexplained delays continue to hold up PCB cancer study

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Taking a stand for free expression and the free press

No one should be arrested or deported for publishing an op-ed.

By Bill Shein

/ 31 Mar 2025

Taking a stand for free expression and the free press

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