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As communities across the Northeast brace for heavy snow, officials in Springfield, Massachusetts say the snowstorm that will start Sunday merits an emergency declaration.
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey brought up bridges in her State of the Commonwealth Thursday night — a topic near and dear to the hearts of Western Massachusetts communities in dire need of long-delayed and much needed infrastructure repair.
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Two police unions in Holyoke, Mass., are calling for a city councilor to resign — citing the councilor’s drunk driving arrest in late-December.At-Large City Councilor Israel Rivera has said he’s looking to rebuild trust following the incident. With body camera footage of his arrest surfacing, police union members are calling for Rivera's resignation and an ethics review.
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An interview with Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio.
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Given recent immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles, Chicago and particularly Minneapolis, Vermont advocates and legislators are calling for protections to be enshrined in state law.
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Vermont Governor Phil Scott outlined his budget proposal on Tuesday for the next fiscal year.
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A decade ago, voters in Massachusetts approved the legalization of recreational marijuana sales and cultivation, spurring a $1.65 billion industry. Now, a measure on the ballot this November could repeal that legalization. But, as WAMC reports, the tactics of the group behind the ballot initiative have been called into question.
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Public health officials in Berkshire County say a vicious flu season across the commonwealth is hitting Western Massachusetts particularly hard.
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The state auditor of Massachusetts is accusing the governor of unlawfully withholding documents from her office related to the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home disaster, where at least 76 veterans died during a COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020.
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Vermont Conservation Voters have brought advocacy groups together for over a decade to identify environmental legislative priorities.
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An interview with bassist and vocalist Oteil Burbridge.
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An interview with violinist Joshua Brown.