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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U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Via Gov. Kelly Ayotte's officeDemocratic Gov. Maura Healey is calling on her counterpart in New Hampshire to “do everything in her power” to stop ICE from building out a new detention facility north of the Massachusetts border. -
Olivia Richardson/NHPRNew Hampshire is the only state in New England without shield laws that protect abortion providers from out-of-state legal action.
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Caribou native Jessica Meir is headed back to the International Space Station as a member of NASA's SpaceX crew that launched from Cape Canaveral this morning. -
For $10, the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ cats will quite literally do their business on a pink paper heart bearing your chosen name. -
State and city officials made the long-awaited announcement Tuesday on where World Cup fans without tickets can gather in Boston to watch the matches: City Hall Plaza. -
The wife of Seamus Culleton, a 38-year-old Irish man who has lived in the Boston area for nearly 20 years, is urging federal immigration officials to release her husband after ICE agents arrested him in September. -
Though the Trump administration claims Massachusetts is a “sanctuary state,” some local police cooperate with ICE routinely. The relationships vary town by town, and departments largely decide for themselves whether to volunteer information to ICE — or even hand people over. -
During a senate hearing Thursday, acting ICE director Todd Lyons said federal officials spoke with the governor about the facility's economic impact. Gov. Kelly Ayotte said his comments were not true. -
Vermont's independent senator said he thinks ICE can be reined in by stripping the agency of its recent massive funding increase and by passing legislative reforms. -
The Hartford Parking Authority and ICE have contracted for parking since 2015. -
The owners of Burke Mountain are buying Smugglers' Notch ski resort for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Wednesday. The leaders of Bear Den Partners have promised to maintain the independence and culture of Smuggs. -
Will, a superior court judge and former solicitor general, will fill a seat vacated by Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi.
