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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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.
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On the platform in Fall River, Ollie Couto said he remembers trains in the city during his childhood in the 1950s, and he’s glad they’re back after all these years.
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"When spring comes, it just feels like a new year, almost like a new chapter, a new beginning," says flower farmer Sarah Demars, who co-owns Four Blooms Farm with her husband. The couple's indoor growing operation has been producing tulips for months — and their outdoor tulips are just on the cusp of blooming.
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The case has confused immigration lawyers, who say it's not clear why Jose Adalberto Herrera was separated from his family.
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Democratic Congresswoman Jahana Hayes and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal condemned efforts to close the federal Education Department for its impact on school children in need.
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Law enforcement, mental health advocates and family members who have lost loved ones to mental illness want the state to apply for a waiver that would unlock Medicaid funding for treatment programs. The Mills administration says it already has.