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The Springfield City Council made some headway this week in approving the city’s next police superintendent.

Members vow to be open, fair, and free of political influence.

The abrupt exit of the police commissioner in Springfield, Massachusetts could bring to a head a long-running political dispute over how best to manage…

The police commissioner in Springfield, Massachusetts is vowing to press forward with reforms to the police department. But after a recent jury verdict in…

As a municipal election year begins in January, the mayor of the largest city in western Massachusetts and the city’s legislative body are clashing. One…