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Tama Lang, from Litwin Elementary School in Chicopee, has been named counselor of the year in Massachusetts.
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The 19 students and two teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, shooting were all in the same classroom, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN on Wednesday.
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The state of Connecticut is giving millions of dollars to houses of worship so they can protect themselves from potential hate crimes or other attacks.
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"Ghost guns" are firearms that do not contain a serial number and can be manually constructed from parts.
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Connecticut legalized adult-use cannabis last year, but it’s still unclear when recreational marijuana will be available to buy without a prescription.
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While many states use civil commitment, Massachusetts is believed to be the only state that, under the law known as Section 35, court-orders some men to treatment inside jails and prisons even if they haven't committed any crimes.
Greenfield’s LAVA Center allows artists to commune, connect, and collaborate
Music
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Composer Christian Quiñones, who participated in El Puerto Rico IV, said his music channeled a dichotomy between beauty and the fear of letting go.
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A composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, Chacon's winning piece, Voiceless Mass, was composed for chamber orchestra and a specific Milwaukee pipe organ.
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'Mattering is the minimum': 2 years later, western Mass. organizers reflect on George Floyd protestsLocal organizers reflect on what they think has been accomplished — and what hasn’t — two years after organizing Black Lives Matter protests in western Massachusetts cities and towns.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics said prices for food eaten at home have gone up more than 10%.
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Lesli Suggs, the president and CEO of the Home for Little Wanderers, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to talk further about this.
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Republican delegates on Saturday qualified both of their candidates for Massachusetts governor for the September primary ballot. Reporter Matt Murphy of the State House News Service discusses what's ahead this week at the Statehouse in Boston.
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Secretary Jennifer Granholm said “nuclear must be a part of the zero-carbon future.”
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In early May, a jury found that Greenfield, Massachusetts, Police Chief Robert Haigh and the department racially discriminated against a former officer, Patrick Buchanan, when it denied him a promotion.
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