James Paleologopoulos
Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief-
Following debate among lawmakers, a budget for fiscal year 2025 has been sent to Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey. The spending plan includes free community college and legalized online lottery sales.
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Using city and Community Preservation Act funds, officials in Springfield are working to expand a stretch of conservation area and connect pieces of a larger preservation effort in the process.
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Democratic delegates across the Northeast are pledging support for Vice President Kamala Harris, backing her unanimously in some states within a day of President Biden endorsing her as he bows out of the presidential race. Delegates in Massachusetts were among those to switch and endorse Harris this week.
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Efforts to support homeless veterans in Massachusetts are getting a boost from the Healey administration – part of a broader effort to solve the problem all together.
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Key Democrats in Massachusetts are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris — from staunch supporters of President Biden to those who were calling on him to bow out of the race.
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Bagpipes and drums pierced the air at a park in western Massachusetts over the weekend as a festival devoted to Scottish culture returned to the area.
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A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts is getting significant government support to take down a vacant mill complex that poses a threat.
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A summer program designed to connect youth in Massachusetts cities with sports, nature, the arts and more while school’s out is in full-swing.
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Some of the most active months for mosquitos are upon us in the Northeast and in Massachusetts so are the first appearances of West Nile Virus.
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As the city’s new public schools superintendent marked her first day on the job Monday, leaders in Springfield, Massachusetts gathered to highlight how millions of emergency relief funding from the pandemic is fueling numerous projects.