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Today on The Rundown, we discuss local reaction to U.S. strikes in Iran, threats waged against Job Corps, local advocacy for digital equity and public schooling in rural areas and much more. -
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Officials at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say with lack of clarity on federal funding cuts, proactive financial planning is now an urgent matter. -
Among the federal clean energy awards recently terminated by the Trump administration is $87 million for a low carbon cement plant in Holyoke, a decision that Massachusetts-based Sublime Systems hopes to reverse. -
The new federal travel ban implemented by the Trump administration on certain countries as of June 9, 2025 comes with "a high degree of uncertainty" around actions and enforcement, UMass Amherst officials told the the international school community.
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