Casino mitigation payments, Massachusetts 'soft secession,' Holyoke immigration resolution

Amid peace plan talks, western Massachusetts and the world marks two years since war broke out between Hamas and Israel.A controversial immigration resolution in Holyoke fails as members of the city council raise concerns about a possible loss of federal funding. We’ll unpack the details.And towns that neighbor the MGM Springfield casino have been benefitting from mitigation payments they've received — but now that windfall is coming to an end. What might the impact be? Plus, is Massachusetts in a so-called “soft secession?” And what exactly does that term mean? We’ll explain.We’re running down all of that and more this week with our panel: John Micek, politics editor at MassLive; Aprell May Munford, Springfield Republican reporter; and political consultant Evan Garber of A.L. Cignoli and Associates.