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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed the state legislature’s $63.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 into law. WAMC spoke with lawmakers about what the spending means for Western Massachusetts.
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.As prospective students weigh the cost and demands of achieving a college degree, the first three-year bachelor’s degree programs in Massachusetts are preparing for launch. We’ll speak with the state’s Commissioner of Higher Education about the effort to reimagine the college experience.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's office
The governor sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin after reports of immigration detention facility expansions upstate.
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Newly obtained documents show how a U.S. Supreme Court decision led prosecutors to not charge former Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown with wire fraud. -
Once selected, a consulting firm will spend up to six months studying and preparing recommendations for future needs. -
Residents and businesses near the state’s largest landfill contemplate moving as the landfill continues to operate more than five years past its closing date.
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NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
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California is among the states suing to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Discovery in a Hollywood mega-merger that would unite some of the nation's largest movie studios and TV newsrooms. -
These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a dime. -
Prisoners are allowed to file complaints about mistreatment — but doing so often comes with retaliation. That's according to an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project.
