The latest New England stories on topics like climate change and the environment, the economy, health, racial equity, culture and politics — as reported by newsrooms of the New England News Collaborative, a 9-station consortium of the region's top public media organizations.
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More than a thousand people gathered at Powder House Square near the Tufts University campus Wednesday evening to protest the arrest and possible deportation of graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk.
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Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas calls the executive order “unlawful.â€
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The federal agency allocated more than $353 million for school districts and other organizations in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø through its grant programs, according to state education officials.
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Last October, a secretive high-level meeting was held to review the environmental impacts of a controversial proposal for a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod. Now, the release of a 65-page meeting transcript offers a first glimpse into what happened behind closed doors.
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Kimberly Sullivan is accused of torturing her stepson and imprisoning him in her Waterbury home for more than two decades.
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A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems. The answer is: a lot.
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State Representatives highlight legislation that would help close CT wage gap.
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State House Republicans pushed through a key policy goal of Gov. Kelly Ayotte: reforming a 2018 bail law that critics say resulted in too many defendants released pretrial.
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Hartford's mayor wants to boost funding for a forgivable loan program as part of his proposed budget. Eligible city employees may receive up to $40,000 in the form of a forgivable loan to support down payment costs.
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For the first time in six decades, the South Coast has passenger rail service to Boston: South Coast Rail.