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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Lau Guzman/NHPRA total of 19 police departments in NH have agreements with ICE. Grafton County dropped theirs. -
NHPR File photoA section of Route 12 was closed early Friday following a collision between a school bus carrying 13 students and a passenger vehicle.
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The vice president is leading a White House task force charged with rooting out fraud in welfare programs. Thursday's event was also a rally in support of former Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who is running for Maine's 2nd Congressional District seat in November. -
Scientists and fishermen convened at Coonamessett Farm, in Falmouth, to share research funded through NOAA’s Scallop Research Set-Aside Program. -
What you need to know about a type of flesh eating bacteria in Connecticut coastal waters -
Tick season is here, and emergency rooms visits in May for tick bites in New England and the Northeast are at their highest in almost a decade.. -
The program, FAST Forward, is covered by Medicaid, but kids on private insurance often don’t have the same access to it. The New Hampshire House is voting on a bill Thursday that would change that. -
New research from Dartmouth College shows the Northeast is seeing more rain, and more of it is falling in intense bursts. But climate researchers say it’s not clear whether that’s making the landscape wetter overall. -
Shellfishermen were looking to bounce back from a tough winter. Now they’re shut out from prime clam beds -
As seasonal restaurants begin to unshutter for the spring, oyster shell recycling starts back up in Wellfleet this week. -
Gonzalez, a Colombian immigrant comedian, brought cultural connection and levity to the immigrant experience through his stand-up set at the New York Comedy Club in Stamford. In a time of political polarization, Gonzalez said humor can help build bridges between people. -
State health officials say the two individuals are not in New Hampshire, but declined to say where they are currently being monitored.
