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Sara Shostak is a medical sociologist who looks at the social production of health and illness. She explains the other work that happens at urban farms across Massachusetts that isn't measured like pints of tomatoes.
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One of the shelters will reopen in the fall. The other was funded with COVID-19 money that's run out.
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According to a new report, while government rental assistance has helped reduce family homelessness, chronic homelessness of individuals has gone up.
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A bipartisan group of Connecticut lawmakers is co-sponsoring a bill that would require supermarkets to periodically donate unsold food that’s still edible. Republican and Democratic lawmakers expressed support for expanding food donations to help those in need, but there was debate over whether to mandate them.
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Gas prices in Connecticut have gone up about a dollar per gallon from this time last year, partly due to tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Congress could temporarily suspend the federal gas tax to slash prices.
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Rev. Joel Huntington gives his last sermon on Sunday after serving the South Congregational Church for decades. Feeding the hungry was just part of his mission.
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Starting Wednesday morning, city workers went tent to tent, talking with those living in them about Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's deadline to clear these temporary homes from streets in the so-called "Mass. and Cass" area by the end of the day.
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Minimum wages are increasing in five of six New England states in 2022.
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Gov. Charlie Baker said the state would distribute over 2 million at-home rapid tests to some cities and towns.
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Attorneys say one of the men who appeared at this week's inaugural session of a new court inside the Suffolk County jail is now being held at another jail where there is a coronavirus outbreak.