Talk of the Commonwealth

Hilda Ramirez is a former Worcester School Committee Member and the current assistant director of the Latino Education Institute at Worcester State. She joins us this morning to talk about race and inequality as it relates to discipline in the WPS.

Tom Quinn of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau talks with us about their report that caMe out just a week or so ago that talked about the implications of a ore-free WRTA.

Read the report here: http://www.wrrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WRRB-FareFree-Transit-Report.pdf

We had a chance to talk to Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus about the agreement to sell the Aud. Info on the sale below-

The City has agreed to sell the Worcester Memorial Auditorium to the Architectural Heritage Foundation.

The Aud is being sold for $450,000 and looks to invest a total of $94M into redeveloping it.

Our weekly #WorcesterWedneday conversation with Worcester Mayor Joe Petty. Our topics this week included the Superintendent's Contract, the Budget, and Konnie Lukes' retirement

Worcester NAACP President Edward G. Robinson and Education Chair Gordon Davis joined us in studio for a conversation about racial disparities in student discipline in Worcester Public Schools.

The Worcester NAACP is calling for a meeting with the Mayor and Superintendent on to fares these issues.

Deputy Field Director Todd Lyons on the show to talk about Operation: Secure Streets that swept up 104 illegal immigrants in Massachusetts using DUI data to target dangerous individuals

READ: https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/05/13/ice-agents-using-drunken-driving-records-bust-141-illegal-immigrants/

"College Basketball's Purple Reign" is the story of the tiny school that lit up the basketball world. With an enrollment of only 1500 students, Holy Cross shocked the nation winning the NCAA Tournament in 1947. Following up with a second national championship in 1954, the Crusaders cemented themselves in hoops history in the early days of the college game. The era launched the careers of legends like Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn, Togo Palazzi and many others.

Watch on NBCSports Boston on Sunday at 7:30pm

17th Worcester District State Rep David LeBoeuf sits down with Hank to talk about the upcoming budget and how that impacts us locally, transparency in advertising, abortion, life at the State House, and some of his legislative and constituent oriented priorities.

Comedian and Worcester native Alingon Mitra joined the show this morning to talk about growing up in Worcester, his stand-up career, and his weekend shows at WooHaHa

Get tickets for his shows here: www.thewoohaha.com

Ellie Gilmore and Deb Packard of Yes for a Better Worcester joined the show to talk about their renewed efforts to get Worcester to buy into the Community Preservation Act (CPA).

Since the City Council refused to place the question on the ballot, they are now asking that money be allocated to preservation, open space, and affordable housing through the budget.

They are also going to gauge the new Council and decide on how to get the CPA on the ballot, either by signature or by Council placement.