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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New England Public Media, a public radio and television station based in Springfield, laid off 13% of its employees on Wednesday.
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The payout marked the first time the New Hampshire firearms manufacturer had been found negligent by a jury for a P320 pistol unintentionally discharging.
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Franklin County's Interim Sheriff Lori Streeter is a few weeks into her new job. While she is no stranger to Greenfield, Mass., her new role job makes her the face of the agency. That's something she says she is slowly getting used to.
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New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said the lawsuit is meant to protect the city’s place as a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants
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Vermont was set to get $9.3 million to support new electric vehicle charging stations in 11 towns, but the Federal Highway Administration said the program, which was included in former President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill, was on hold for now.
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“It is unacceptable that a company in our state would violate the wishes of its neighbors and help carry out executions for other jurisdictions,” said one legislative champion.
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Neil Levesque, a Pease Development Authority board member, raised questions about Geno Marconi’s activities at Rye Harbor in a 2022 memo. Marconi responded with his own written defense.
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Judge Joseph Laplante is the third federal judge to block the order, as more than half a dozen legal challenges against it move forward.
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Organizers said they wanted to raise awareness about these issues while also providing a space for healing.
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A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of Massachusetts in innumerable ways," Governor Maura Healey wrote in an executive order announced this week.
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Twenty-five people were sworn in as U.S. citizens on Friday at a naturalization ceremony in Hartford. Hear one family's story.
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“If you're seeing dead geese, if you're seeing dead ducks, if it's near open water, the odds are likely it probably is avian influenza,” DEEP Wildlife Division Director Jenny Dickson said.