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  • Beyond The Fog Of Spin And Doubt: What Has ACA Achieved?
    The Affordable Care Act has made it possible for millions of Americans to obtain health insurance — but how successful has the law been in reforming the health care system?
  • In New Hampshire, where the Affordable Care Act remains unpopular, the state has exceeded expectations for insurance enrollments. Credit goes, in part, to a grass-roots campaign to sign people up.
    Obamacare Rolls Into N.H. Like A Political Campaign — And Wins
    In New Hampshire, where the Affordable Care Act remains unpopular, the state has exceeded expectations for insurance enrollments. Credit goes, in part, to a grass-roots campaign to sign people up.
  • Swearing: A Long And #%@&$ History
    Middleborough, Mass., recently imposed a $20 fine for swearing in public. Linguist Geoff Nunberg says profanity makes hypocrites of us all.
  • When digital giants market ideas like Starbucks sells frappuccino
    How is Donald Trump like a Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino? If you quickly answered, “Artificial coloring,” you’re only partly right. For the purpose of our discussion here, what they have in common is a concept in economics, which we will get around to explaining in just a moment.
  • The effort to develop the Vermont Forest Future Strategic Roadmap was authorized by legislation signed into law by Governor Phil Scott in 2022.
    Vermont taking input on forest strategic roadmap
    The state of Vermont is taking public input as it crafts a strategic plan for its forests and forest economy.
  • New York feels the heat
    Last fall, many schools across the nation closed due to excessive heat. Acknowledging that the planet is getting hotter and that students may be unsafe in schools when temperatures soar, New York lawmakers approved legislation to require schools to evacuate students if classrooms reach 88 degrees. The bill, if approved by Governor Hochul, would mandate that students be moved to another location or sent home when temperatures hit 88 degrees. The bill also requires that once the temperatures reach 82 degrees, school districts take immediate action to offer students an opportunity to get cool, but they would not have to leave.
  • FILE - The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone in front of an image generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston.
    OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know
    The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own.
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    #SportsReport: Rangers Beat Sabres; Tanaka Rejoins Former Team In Japan
    No. 1 draft pick Alexis Lafreniere scored his first career goal 2:47 into overtime to lead the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Sabres, ending New York's…
  • Medicare Changes Said To Be Positive
    By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-938641.mp3Springfield, MA – Changes are coming to Medicare benefits in…
  • Candidates For Hampden DA Get Endorsements
    By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-925130.mp3Springfield, MA – Just a week after a lackluster primary the…
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