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An inside look at NEPM's new series, "High Stakes: Gambling Addiction, Beyond Borders." Reporter Karen Brown traveled to Norway and the United Kingdom to learn how other countries are balancing the excessive spread of legal betting with the risk of gambling disorders — and looked at similar efforts within the United States.
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As sports betting expands across the U.S., states are on their own to make the rules. A growing movement of U.S. health leaders and legislators want to strengthen and standardize the way gambling is regulated. But they are facing opposition from the betting industry.
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In 2005, the U.K. passed a law that liberalized the gambling industry, which had previously been merely tolerated. Public health leaders across the Atlantic say the U.S. should take note of the challenges the U.K. has faced since gambling spread to almost every city.
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For the first time in six years, Beacon Hill rewrites its rule book — promising transparency, but leaving plenty of room to operate in the dark.
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The proposed biomass plant would burn wood to create energy, something local advocates say will make Springfield's already poor air quality even worse.
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Easthampton, Mass. medical marijuana dispensary INSA recently released a study that found mislabeled and potent hemp products are widely available to all.
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The Trump Administration is attempting to cut the federally funded Jobs Corps program, but a judge is delaying the action
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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Monday night that Holyoke Public Schools will exit chronically underperforming status on July 1.
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It remains unknown how far apart Mass. House and Senate negotiators are on crafting a compromise annual budget.
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Officials at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say with lack of clarity on federal funding cuts, proactive financial planning is now an urgent matter.
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Western Mass. writer and editor Jennifer Acker zeroed in on her top five epistolary books and it ended up being published in the Wall Street Journal.
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The Jones Library staff and Amherst town officials held a "groundbreaking" event Wednesday for its renovation and expansion project. Construction will begin at the Jones after a decade of fundraising efforts.
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Several families from around western Massachusetts have an historic and personal connection to the Civil War and Juneteenth, dating back to June 19th, 1865.
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Springfield’s Brightwood Elementary School participate in a “spirit tunnel” every day made up of their peers. The idea was inspired by "The Jennifer Hudson Show."