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Adam Frenier/NEPRPublic works officials in several western Massachusetts communities say they will have enough contractors to help with snow plowing this winter, although it will cost more than in the past. -
Jurnej Furman/Creative Commons / flickr.com/photos/91261194@N06Scammers use a common trick — claiming a loved one is in trouble and needs money fast, and then directing victims to crypto kiosks.
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Dan Little/Daily Hampshire Gazette / gazettenet.com"We're Still Here," depicting Native Americans who live in western Massachusetts, is a rare contemporary installation in the Springfield Science Museum's old Native American Hall. But the effort has sparked some backlash.
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Karen Brown/NEPMSpringfield Mayor Domenic Sarno said he’s “concerned” with the reinstatement of two city police officers. The pair were convicted in connection with a 2015 off-duty fight outside of a city bar.
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Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey last week announced policy committees as part of her preparation to lead the commonwealth. -
WBUR found more than a dozen current Massachusetts police officers were previously fired or resigned from another department after the launch of a misconduct investigation.
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Chelan Brown, a former employee of MGM Springfield filed a lawsuit last week, saying company officials retaliated against her after she raised concerns about reports sent to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.
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Courts have disagreed on whether the method of surveilling a Springfield residence in 2017 was a violation of the occupants' Fourth Amendment rights. The ACLU has asked the Supreme Court to settle this search warrant issue.
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“We have next to no ability to challenge these supply rates, which is frustrating,” said state Attorney General William Tong.
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Republicans failed to win a single U.S. House seat in New England this year, despite flipping several congressional seats across the country to retake the House.
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Sen. Chris Murphy called her one of the most productive speakers in history.
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The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans began the study early in the pandemic to research the uneven uptake of telehealth usage.
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Connecticut ‘hero pay’ applicants could get a quarter of every dollar promised, unless lawmakers actConnecticut's Comptroller-elect Sean Scanlon said lawmakers only set aside roughly $30 million to give one-time payments to eligible COVID-19 workers.
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A second major seafood watchdog group has pulled its support for Maine's lobster fishery over concerns that it's harming endangered North Atlantic right whales.
