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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Mark Mirko/Connecticut PublicGov. Lamont did not commit to a special session, after demonstrators demanded one aimed at strengthening protections for immigrant communities. -
Todd Bookman/NHPRJury selection in the criminal case against Hantz Marconi was scheduled to begin next month. She will pay a fine and serve no jail time.
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Catholic parishes around the state honored Saint Francis this weekend, with many holding blessing events for domestic pets. -
The Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle honors the woman credited with proposing and helping to implement many of FDR's New Deal reforms, including Social Security, the minimum wage and a 40-hour work week. -
More than 140,000 people covered through Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, are in for a sticker shock if Congress does not extend a federal tax credit for working families. -
Much scrutiny has been placed on the role the state and city of Nashua played in orchestrating the sale of a warehouse to a subsidiary of Chinese company Nongfu Spring in January. -
The Trump administration announced plans this week to terminate funding for hundreds of climate projects across the country, including two in Vermont. -
With just five guests and one journalist, this nearly private tour happens on a 35-foot fishing boat. But the only thing they’ll be fishing for is an eyeful of a feared and fascinating ocean predator: the great white shark. -
This week Massachusetts education officials announced the most results of the most recent standardized assessment exam known as the MCAS. Only 13 districts saw students meet pre-pandemic learning levels in both Math and English Language Arts. Massachusetts Education Commissioner Patrick Tutwiler told NEPM, the results are both understandable and to some degree predictable. -
As the fire risk heightens in drought-stressed Vermont and New Hampshire, the U.S. Forest Service has positioned a firefighting helicopter at Lebanon Municipal Airport to improve response times. -
Connecticut has resumed the erasure of low-level criminal convictions for tens of thousands of residents. More than 100,000 convictions are expected to be cleared this month. -
Every year in the early weeks of fall, Aroostook County potato farmers race to dig up their fields before the first frosts hit. Since at least the 1940s, students get a break from school to help out during the busy season.
