On The Rundown, we look at government shutdown limbo. There’s a lot of uncertainty locally over the impact of the federal government shutdown. We’ll tick through some of the standing questions.  

Tracing a Legionella bacteria outbreak in Pittsfield. Did healthcare officials wait too long to report what they knew? 

Plus, the latest MCAS testing scores are in, and some of the biggest school districts in western Mass. are lagging behind state expectations. 

We’re running down all of that and more this week with our panel: Berkshire Eagle Executive Editor Kevin Moran, political consultant Ryan McCollum, and NEPM reporter Karen Brown.