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The Springfield Catholic Diocese has suspended its relationship with a youth group after a complaint of inappropriate behavior.

The town of Amherst, Massachusetts, is creating a committee to make reparations for those harmed by anti-Black racism. 

The Springfield, Massachusetts Police Department announced it is eliminating the controversial narcotics unit and starting a new firearms investigation unit.

A UMass-Amherst-led study suggests that therapy works best when patient and therapist are carefully matched - even if that means using telemedicine.

The study found that therapists chosen based on their track record in a particular area of mental healthcare, like depression or anxiety, helped their patients more than those chosen for pragmatic reasons, like insurance or location.

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is standing by his police commissioner, Cheryl Clapprood, following a rally Wednesday calling for her to be fired.

A group of seniors in Springfield, Massachusetts, are calling for the removal of the city's police commissioner for what they say is her resistance to police reform.

Public interest lawyers are asking the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to force all jails in the state to regularly test inmates and staff for COVID-19, even without symptoms.

As Hampden County, Massachusetts, continues to rank poorly in COVID-19 metrics, officials are pushing for more vaccinations.

Members of a policing review commission in Northampton, Massachusetts, presented their case to the City Council on Tuesday for a new city department to take on some duties the police do now.

A commission in Northampton, Massachusetts, wants a new city department to take on many of the tasks police do now. 

A former Smith College employee says she has filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination charging a hostile environment for white people on campus.

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As one of western Massachusetts' major newspapers operates on bare bones, its staff hosted a public forum this week.

Western Massachusetts legislators are urging patience for those newly-eligible for the vaccine — but they're also frustrated at the state's glitchy rollout.

A coalition of health and community leaders wants Massachusetts to get more vaccines to people of color.

Baystate Health CEO Mark Keroack says the isolation of learning remotely is causing serious psychological stress on children.

As UMass Amherst tries to beat back a major COVID-19 outbreak, some students are frustrated by at least one new restriction.

Advocates for police reform in Springfield, Massachusetts, say it's time for the federal government to force the police department to be accountable for its actions.

The Massachusetts secretary of state said he's concerned the Trump administration has sabotaged the census for political reasons.

Starting in January, Massachusetts workers are eligible to take paid time off to bond with a new child or to recover from a long illness.

Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators have asked the state to put a stop to a biomass plant in Springfield, at least until the incoming Biden Administration weighs in on the issue.