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                        The Trump administration says it will fund SNAP food aid for November, but only partially and with delayed disbursement.
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                        Millions of Americans could lose food assistance benefits under the program known as SNAP if action isn't taken before Saturday.
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                        BU Professor of finance Mark Williams says Massachusetts needs to adopt some longer-term strategies to soften the impact of Trump Administration funding cuts.
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                        The Massachusetts legislature continues to focus on balancing revenues destabilized by federal policy changes from the Federal tax and spending bill passed in July.
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                        Historian Carl R. Byron recalls the highs and lows of the building of the Hoosac Tunnel. When it was complete, it was the longest tunnel in North America.
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                        Changes to federal tax law will likely leave Massachusetts $650 million less in revenue this fiscal year. Lawmakers are scrambling for possible fiscal workarounds.
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                        A new report from UMass Amherst and Springfield-based housing agency Way Finders highlights an affordability crisis for renters and homeowners in Western Massachusetts.
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                        The Justice Department is ramping up its efforts to root out health care fraud, expanding a regional strike force into Boston.
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                        The Avenue of States is a strip of land on the fairground, which houses buildings that highlight Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.
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                        Amid a statewide housing crisis, renters across Western Massachusetts communities are banding together in hopes of resisting a trend of rising rents across the region and the state.