The latest New England stories on topics like climate change and the environment, the economy, health, racial equity, culture and politics — as reported by newsrooms of the New England News Collaborative, a 9-station consortium of the region's top public media organizations.
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Connecticut’s General Assembly came to a close on Wednesday. Legislators advanced a variety of measures while others, like some that addressed climate change, died
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Organizers with the University of Vermont group Students for Justice in Palestine announced Wednesday they're removing their tents to "pivot our energy."
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As the first destination on their 2024 Hurricane Awareness Tour, NOAA hosted an educational event at the Portland Jetport on Monday to tell Mainers about the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season in June.
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Children who were due to receive survivors benefits or disability payments instead had that money taken by the state to help cover the cost of their own care. The Department of Children and Families estimated that totaled $5.5 million a year covering 600 children.
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Connecticut’s Transportation Commissioner says a ribbon-cutting for a replacement overpass will happen within a year.
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As marginalized populations ponder the future of civil liberties under a U.S. Supreme Court that’s already reversed abortion rights and affirmative action policies, the Legislature is looking to strengthen anti-discrimination laws in Vermont by adding an equal protection clause to the state’s constitution.
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With just a handful of days left in Connecticut’s short legislative session, a House bill that would create a roadmap for electric vehicle rollout is stalling.
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A supermajority of lawmakers in the Vermont House voted Friday to advance a bill that aims to bolster flood resilience in Vermont, with Republicans divided in their support of the policy.
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The $435 million deal is in jeopardy as Yale New Haven Health claims Prospect Medical is defaulting on rent and tax liabilities, and mismanaging assets.
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Tag along as we retrace Justin Selkow’s steps, in an effort to find a solid-silver flute he borrowed from Dartmouth College — and promptly lost.
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The Biden administration this week published the location of eight areas to be leased for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, a body of water that runs from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia.
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Mobile homeowners own the home, but rent the land on which it sits. The bill would provide more protections against rent increases for mobile home residents.