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Hampshire College officials announced there were insufficient financial resources to open for a final fall term. In April, the college announced it would permanently close because of overwhelming debt.
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A lawsuit by national medical groups has forced the Trump administration to revert to previous vaccination guidelines, but the strained relationship between pediatricians and the new CDC continues in western Massachusetts and beyond.
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Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, speaking at the summit for the Health Equity Compact in Springfield on June 2, 2026,, said the Trump Administration's cuts in health care are "mean and dumb." She said Massachusetts leaders will do their best to mitigate the harms.
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Monday marked 15 years since a strong EF-3 tornado ripped through Hampden County. The storm of June 1, 2011, caused tremendous damage in Springfield.
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The Center for Human Development, which oversees a community outreach program called Innovative Care Partners, is attempting to put clients in touch with alternative services.
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Given the unique chance to reshape the Cannabis Control Commission, on Tuesday Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey tapped a former revenue commissioner who more recently has been steering the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to chair the new-look, downsized panel.The governor appointed Christopher Harding as chair of the new three-person CCC — and also picked as commissioners western Mass. economic development official Xiomara DeLobato and cannabis law advisor Anthony Wilson.
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Whalen is running a grassroots campaign to unseat longtime U.S. Representative Richard Neal.
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From vegetable fields to dairy farms, Massachusetts growers say labor shortages and immigration fears are making it harder to keep farms running.
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Lawmakers debate the "Mass Wins Act" containing tech and business investments, amid tight deadlines, assessing consequences of a decreased income tax and state budget talks.
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Hampshire College held its final graduation ceremony this weekend in Amherst, MA.
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25-летний Жеренко выступает на позиции вратаря в хоккейной команде «Тандербёрдс» из Спрингфилда, штат Массачусетс. Уроженец России, он уже четыре года играет в Американской хоккейной лиге (АХЛ).
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Communities across western Massachusetts are in the middle of finalizing spending plans for the 2027 Fiscal Year which starts July 1.
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Javier Serrano Pujols, a man detained by federal ICE agents last week, is being processed in the state's only detention facility.
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The Mass. Senate’s $63.3B budget adds $53M in local aid via a new per-capita formula, and the state's highest court weighs if a rent control ballot bid illegally exempts religious groups.