FAMILIES

Massachusetts Senators were not convinced savings would reach consumers, and on Thursday rejected a Republican-led push to pause gas tax collections through Labor Day even as Gov. Charlie Baker signaled he was warming to the idea.

Franklin County father David Korpiewski has four kids. Mary, his 10-year-old, was living with her mother in Ukraine when the Russians began their attack. Korpiewski has now enrolled his Russian-speaking daughter in school in western Massachusetts.

Raymond Jordan is being remembered as a "tenacious" advocate for his community and the people he represented. The first Black state legislator representing Springfield died over the weekend at 78.

In a six-month pilot is scheduled to start in March, HCC will offer free child care to its students while they attend classes.

Fati and Malalai didn't know each other before arriving in western Massachusetts. But together, they are figuring out how to navigate life in the U.S. together.

Of the 150 Afghan evacuees who have arrived in New Hampshire, about half are still living in hotels. Resettlement groups blame the housing crisis.

Over the most recent two-week reporting period, Massachusetts school districts say the number of students with new cases of COVID-19 increased almost two and a half times.

An examination of the unique needs and challenges faced by minority owned businesses in western New England.

An examination of the unique needs and challenges faced by minority owned businesses in western New England.

In this encore presentation, And Another Thing explores the urgent need for foster care and hears from the head of the country’s largest teachers union about the challenges of educating students during the pandemic.