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Mass. has an on-time(ish) state budget: 3 big things to know about the $61B plan
The budget, which does not include broad-based tax hikes, boosts state support for health care, education, and transportation ...
‘An amazing sight to see’: Video shows bear swimming with 2 cubs on its back in Mass. reservoir
A fisherman captured video on June 25 of a bear swimming across the Quabbin Reservoir to an island with two bear cubs on its ...
Small plane goes down at New Jersey airport in 'mass casualty' emergency
Multiple agencies responded to a small plane crash near Cross Keys Airport in Monroe Township, New Jersey, described by ...
Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis
The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate ...
Mass. judge mulling decision that could lead to release of dozens of criminal defendants
A Supreme Judicial Court judge is weighing whether to trigger a protocol that could temporarily set free more than two dozen ...
‘Potentially catastrophic’: While Congress cuts safety net, Mass. lawmakers pass budget short on cash for SNAP caseworkers
The state budget for fiscal year 2026, which lawmakers sent for Governor Maura Healey’s signature, slashed more than $40 ...
POST Commission decertifies four police officers in Mass. for misconduct
The decertification orders issued June 27 to former trooper Matthew Sheehan, former Agawam officer Christopher Brunelle, former Belchertown officer Michael Beaupre, and former Springfield officer ...
Pioneer Valley Project hosts vigil to protect marginalized groups in western Mass.
Pioneer Valley Project “Justice and Faith” leaders held a vigil Wednesday evening at the Springfield Federal Courthouse, ...