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05/21/2013
Leanna First-Arai

Members of the Springfield City Council will meet with state lawmakers and leaders from organizations around the city this afternoon to discuss segregation in greater Springfield.

05/20/2013
Henry Epp

A series of amendments proposed by a Massachusetts lawmaker would increase funding to state colleges and universities that could freeze student fees for the next academic year.

05/20/2013
Kari Njiiri

Gasoline prices in Massachusetts are up 2 cents over last week, according to the price tracking web-site GasBuddy.com.

05/17/2013
Henry Epp

A soldier from Dalton, Massachusetts died this week in Afghanistan.

05/17/2013
Fred Bever

Amendments to a Massachusetts senate committee's budget proposal for the next fiscal year were due Friday afternoon. Some senators are pushing for better funding of UMass. 

05/17/2013
New England Pub...

Today on Morning Edition Extra, a round up of the week's news, and look at why the state of Massachusetts is spending more than  $3 million to study the impact of gambling on society, before t

05/17/2013
Jeremy Goodwin

The poet Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz is not shy about making a loud noise in a quiet space.

05/17/2013
Jeremy Goodwin

Critin O'Keefe Aptowicz performs her poem "Taft" for NEPR.

05/16/2013
Henry Epp

After eighteen months of negotiations, Springfield public school teachers signed a contract this week that will hold for the next four years.

05/16/2013
Sarah Birnbaum

Maureen Brodoff and Ellen Wade joined six other gay couples in suing the state for the right to marry.

05/16/2013
Kari Njiiri

The Pentagon announced this week furloughs for up to 11 days for civilian employees at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts are scheduled to begin July 8th.

05/15/2013
Kari Njiiri

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority says there is no evidence of any water quality issues at the Quabbin Reservoir after seven young people were caught allegedly trespassing early Tuesday m

05/15/2013
Fred Bever

A Massachusetts state Senate committee's budget proposal for the next fiscal year delivers another blow to Governor Deval Patrick's more ambitious plan for new transportation and education spending

05/15/2013

A Massachusetts state Senate committee's budget proposal for the next fiscal year delivers another blow to Governor Deval Patrick's more ambitious plan for new transportation and education spending

05/15/2013
Sarah Birnbaum

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe plans to build a 550-million dollar casino complex that's facing federal, and now state, hurdles.

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