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The biggest city in western Massachusetts could soon have a new housing plan. It would come at a time when state leaders are looking to plug a sizable housing gap across the commonwealth. But with signs pointing to a “weak market,” experts say Springfield has plenty to address if it wants to meet its own goals.

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(Airs 07/16/26 @ 3 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: we’ll have reaction from supporters and opponents of the first-in-the-nation data center moratorium in NY, we’ll provide an update on the new Medical Aid in Dying Law set to take effect in august, and we’ll travel to the North Country to talk about the bobsled.

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Clients, families and professionals urged OPWDD to improve housing, care coordination and other services as Commissioner Willow Baer heard concerns at a Buffalo forum.
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Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.
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