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How a Salem, Mass. Church on historic graves is digging down to go green

Bianca Garcia

A nearly 300-year-old Salem church is working toward installing a geothermal heating system in its neighborhood. The team behind the project hope it can serve as a model for other historic New England communities which face a dilemma: How to retrofit old buildings to make them more energy efficient, while still preserving their cultural characteristics.
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Mass. gave towns money to cope with casinos. Some spent it on Flock cameras

Patrick Madden

When Massachusetts legalized casinos, lawmakers set aside a share of casino tax revenue to help nearby communities deal with the fallout — gambling addiction and traffic jams. In recent years, that pot of money has outfitted towns with nearly $500,000 in Flock cameras and other controversial automated license plate readers.

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Vineyard Wind, the country's largest offshore wind project, is fully up and running

After more than eight years in the making, the Vineyard Wind project near Martha's Vineyard is fully operational. The news comes just hours after another offshore wind project in the region, Revolution Wind, announced it had reached full power.
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Revolution Wind is now the biggest New England offshore wind farm to get fully up and running

Miriam Wasser

Revolution Wind, a large offshore wind project near Rhode Island, is fully up and running — despite several attempts by the Trump administration to stop it.
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How one local nonprofit is working to protect creative spaces for artists in Greater Boston

Sharon Brody, Amanda Beland

Artist space is disappearing in Massachusetts. Officials estimate more than two million square feet have been lost in greater Boston over the last decade. Advocate Jim Grace runs a creative land trust with his non-profit Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston. He explains how it works.
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Healey wins second term, defeating GOP challenger Mike Minogue

Gintautas Dumcius

Massachusetts voters on Tuesday elected Gov. Maura Healey, the incumbent Democrat, to a second four-year term on Beacon Hill.
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American Federation of Teachers again sues Education Department over public service loan forgiveness

The class action lawsuit announced in Boston Friday says tens of thousands of student loan borrowers are stuck in a nationwide backlog of pending buyback applications.
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Mass. voters hit the polls on Election Day

Amy Gorel

Across the country, the focus is on a few key races that could shift the balance of power on Capitol Hill. But in Massachusetts, incumbents are broadly expected to keep their seats. Residents are focused on the nine ballot questions that ask about issues ranging from gun laws to election rules.
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Trump cuts have hurt Mass. research labs. Scientists hope midterms can ease the pain

Barbara Moran

Under the second Trump administration, Massachusetts scientists have lost billions in funding, and curtailed more than a dozen clinical trials in the state. Ahead of the midterms, many scientists hope a new Congress will restore stability to federal support and get grant money out the door.
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In higher education, the race is on to offer AI as an undergraduate major

Suevon Lee

The number of universities nationwide offering an AI undergraduate major in a computing department now exceeds 100, according to a database maintained by Northeastern University researchers. Massachusetts institutions are part of the growth.
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Why New England doesn't have large AI data centers, and what the region is doing to prepare for them

Miriam Wasser

In much of the country, the AI boom is driving the construction of hyperscale data centers. Not so much in New England. But change is coming. Here's how some in the region are preparing.
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New Cape Cod retreat promises grieving families respite

Stephanie Brown

Families can stay at the home for one week for free, with no agenda.