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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Some Connecticut communities are saying the $10,500 from the state to support the additional training, staffing and other resources to implement early voting isn’t enough
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State lawmakers are advancing a bill that would make April 26 "Tuskegee Airmen Day" in Connecticut.
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New England needs more housing — especially affordable housing. But what happens when the land picked for that housing is also valuable in the fight to slow climate change?
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The Massachusetts Army National Guard's proposal comes as a response to a critical Environmental Protection Agency draft report released a year ago, which found the range could contaminate drinking water and create a significant threat to public health for hundreds of thousands of year-round residents on Cape Cod.
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Students gathered on the Storrs campus late Thursday afternoon. Social media showed police at the scene, taking down tents and making an arrest.
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Te compartimos cinco consejos para inquilinos y propietarios para reducir sus emisiones y combatir el cambio climático.
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An alarming number of Massachusetts school districts are struggling right now to balance budgets for the upcoming year. Significant job cuts and academic program cancellations are on the table.
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After calling off a plan to build a biomass plant to replace its oil-burning system in 2020, the college has new ideas for how to move away from fossil fuels.
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With federal money and local support, Peterborough is hoping to electrify 200 heating systems in the next three years. They’re also trying to train more people to do that work.
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This summer, York and Cumberland Counties will update floodplain maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the first time in years. The maps show that hundreds of additional property owners may face flood risks.
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Gino DiGiovanni Jr., a former alderman who lost a mayoral race in Derby in November, was sentenced Wednesday for entering the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, as riots broke out to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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The annual event at Saint Anselm College, now in its 36th year, lasted six hours and featured no shortage of rhyming couplets.