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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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Secretary Jennifer Granholm said “nuclear must be a part of the zero-carbon future.”
Regional news
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Courtesy/Springfield Puerto Rican Parade CommitteeThe Springfield Puerto Rican Parade will march down Main Street in September after two years of virtual parades. -
Carrie Healy/NEPMEach year about a quarter of a million fish use the fish lift at the Hadley Falls Station in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
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Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North AmericaConnecticut Rep. Jim Himes asked Pentagon officials to help reduce "speculation and conspiracy theories" around UFOs.
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Paul Franz/Daily Hampshire Gazette / gazettenet.comThe Center For Health Information and Analysis said aggregate operating revenue for hospitals increased by $2.8 billion, or 9% in 2021.
Photojournalist Alfonso Neal documents contemporary social justice movements in Struggle and Hope
Music
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Samuel Quiñones/CourtesyComposer 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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Adam Conte/Courtesy of the artistA 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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The special commission charged with reviewing and possibly revamping Massachusetts's official state seal and motto voted unanimously to recommend that both be replaced. -
Author Erik Reardon dives into the history of commitments local citizens made to gaining a greater understanding of migratory fish, and accommodations they cooperatively made to keep these fish populations healthy.
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Language helping to set up expanded passenger rail service from western Massachusetts to Boston was left out of a nearly $10 billion transportation bond bill.
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The Connecticut General Assembly’s committee on Public Health and Children held a forum in Hartford to address the baby formula shortage.
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School district takeovers by the state of Massachusetts, known as receivership, haven't worked, according to an analysis of data by The Boston Globe.
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Voters in Lee Massachusetts approved a nonbinding question to rescind a Housatonic River cleanup agreement which includes a PCB dump in town.
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National & World News
A grid reliability report says power outages are likely in parts of the Midwest, California and Texas. The Western drought and a mismatch between supply and peak summer demand are some reasons why.