CIVIL RIGHTS

While the election results of two Massachusetts House lawmakers from the eastern part are reviewed, most lawmakers are getting down to business.

Clennon King, who shares no relation to the civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, believes that she was severely impacted by the bigotry she experienced at Antioch College in Keene, New Hampshire.

Loretta Ross, founder of the reproductive justice movement, will receive $800,000 to spend as she wishes.

College students from around the country are returning to the region. If they're seeking an abortion, even in Massachusetts, the process could be quite different.

Within the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that made it a constitutional right to have an abortion. If so, it will be up to each state to determine whether abortion is legal. Even as Connecticut and Massachusetts have abortion rights baked into state law, the region will experience the ripple effects of this huge change.

While many people only recently learned about conservatorships because of the Britney Spears case, guests tell us these arrangements are far too common, affecting more than one million Americans.

While many people only recently learned about conservatorships because of the Britney Spears case, guests tell us these arrangements are far too common, affecting more than one million Americans.

Correction officers at the beleaguered Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center will soon wear body cameras. How many officers would wear them, and how many cameras would be used has not been finalized. Existing stationary cameras at Souza will remain in place.

Springfield's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day focused on COVID-19's impact on communities of color, and marked the passing of Ronn Johnson.

Federal authorities have filed an amended lawsuit that alleges the Chicopee Housing Authority and its executive director violated federal housing laws by discriminating against Black and Hispanic tenants and people with disabilities.