NightSide With Dan Rea

MA lawmakers have filed legislation that would create a pilot program to study the idea of a 4-day work week. The “Massachusetts Smart Work Week Pilot” is a voluntary program that would let businesses transition to a shorter work week without a reduction in pay. Rep. Josh Cutler, one of the sponsors of this bill joined Dan to discuss how this pilot would work.

Dan combined two topics within this hour...

The first half hour he continued to take calls on the Cambridge Matignon School closing its doors after 75 years. Then he took more calls on the:

Attack On the Kremlin. Russia is claiming that two Ukrainian drones tried to strike President Putin’s home in Moscow during the night. Russia is calling it an unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Putin. Ukraine denies the claim that they are responsible for the drone attack. Russia claims it was a “terrorist” attack for which they will retaliate. Is this the ammo Putin needs to go nuclear?

The Cambridge Matignon School announced it will be closing its doors this June after 75 years of operation. The Catholic school made the somber announcement that they have “not been able to secure the funds necessary to support the long-term sustainability of the school.” Dan discussed how Catholic schools increasingly find themselves closing their doors.

The Cambridge Matignon School announced it will be closing its doors this June after 75 years of operation. The Catholic school made the somber announcement that they have “not been able to secure the funds necessary to support the long-term sustainability of the school.” Dan discussed how Catholic schools increasingly find themselves closing their doors.

Did you know that 82 million people relay on AM radio? AM radio not only provides vital emergency warnings, but it provides valuable news, weather, and traffic updates as well as local coverage of community sporting events. Experts at FEMA warn that getting rid of AM radio will put public safety at risk. Manny Centeno, Program Manager with IPAWS at FEMA joined Dan to discuss.

Various mayors of large U.S. cities, including NYC Mayor Eric Adams are expressing criticism towards TX Governor Greg Abbott for overwhelming them with busloads of migrants. Title 42 is set to expire at the end of next week and the federal government estimates that the Border could see up to 13k migrants trying to cross a day. The Biden Admin. plans to send troops to the Border to assist but is that enough? Should Title 42 be extended or left to expire?

The Massachusetts House has advanced legislation to make phone calls free for state and county prisoners. The plan requires the Department of Correction and country sheriffs to provide phone calls with unlimited minutes or calls at no cost. The measure goes beyond what Gov. Healey proposed with capping free calls at 1,000 minutes a month. Do you think the state should pay for prisoners’ phone calls?

The Massachusetts House has advanced legislation to make phone calls free for state and county prisoners. The plan requires the Department of Correction and country sheriffs to provide phone calls with unlimited minutes or calls at no cost. The measure goes beyond what Gov. Healey proposed with capping free calls at 1,000 minutes a month. Do you think the state should pay for prisoners’ phone calls?

Longtime Cape Cod businessmen Jim Peterson and TJ Johnson, who started the charitable foundation Ukrainian Relief Mission Corp., joined us again on NightSide to give an update on their continuing efforts of providing aid to Ukrainian refugees living in Poland. How many refugees have they been able to help? How can you get involved?

A Texas gunman is still at large for shooting and killing five of his neighbors. Some reports say, according to law enforcement officials, the thirty-eight-year-old gunman was previously deported several times prior to this incident. Dan brought you the latest on this senseless act of violence and brought into question the upcoming expiration of Title 42.