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Jill Kaufman

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Massachusetts schools need more funds, some point to flaw in education finance law

Jill Kaufman

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.
Nancy Eve Cohen

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'I'm not trying to stop the water': Some homeowners let floodwaters in, but most try to keep it out

Nancy Eve Cohen

With more precipitation in New England — and more intense storms — property owners are taking action to prevent flooding. But for some, the best choices may seem counterintuitive.

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Springfield's CRRC could lose Philadelphia-area rail car contract

Adam Frenier

The agency, SEPTA, announced late last week it is terminating its $185-million contract with Springfield, Massachusetts-based CRRC, for 45 train cars for its commuter railroad.
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Springfield-based Merriam-Webster wins AP Stylebook affiliation over rival dictionary

Sam Hudzik

Merriam-Webster is poised to have greater influence over language decisions made by news reporters and editors across the country.
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Smith College students move sit-in outdoors to 'engage more' with campus community

Nirvani Williams

Following a meeting with school administrators, student protesters at Smith College, who are a part of the group Students for Justice in Palestine, moved their occupation from College Hall to a nearby lawn on the Northampton, Massachusetts, campus.
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Could Massachusetts lawmakers upstage the much-anticipated eclipse this week on Beacon Hill?

Carrie Healy

While an expected Massachusetts House budget redraft is expected, and talks are ongoing over a FY'24 spending bill, the solar eclipse might distract lawmakers, if only for a few moments, from focus on these and other pressing legislation.
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Study: Problem gambling has stayed steady in Mass. — but awareness of help went down

Karen Brown

A UMass Amherst researcher presented new findings on gambling behavior this week to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The state's 2011 casino legislation mandates such research.
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Panel meets on rural overdoses in Massachusetts, legislator looks to craft bill

Adam Frenier

The number of people dying from overdoses in rural areas in Massachusetts is dramatically higher than it was about a decade ago, according to state public health data.
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Native American activists criticize Springfield College for keeping some Indigenous names on campus

Dusty Christensen

The college has said the decision emerged from a process that included perspectives from a Renaming Committee, students, staff and alumni.
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Massachusetts residents may get to vote on legalizing access to some psychedelic drugs

Nirvani Williams

A special joint committee of the Massachusetts legislature is investigating whether or not they should pose the question to voters in November of legalizing access to some psychedelic drugs.
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After contract agreement reached, MASS MoCA union employees end strike and return to work Wednesday

Jill Kaufman

Unionized employees of MASS MoCA, the contemporary art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts, voted Tuesday to ratify an agreement on wages, ending a three-week strike that began March 6.
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Walsh, Clinton avoid trial in Holyoke Soldiers' Home COVID-19 outbreak cases

Adam Frenier

Former superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers Home, Bennett Walsh, and former medical director, Dr. David Clinton, separately changed their pleas from not guilty. They each submitted that there were sufficient facts to warrant a guilty finding. They did not plead guilty, however.

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