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New Study Claims Disabled Continue To Face Challenges Accessing Medical Care

Date: 03/18/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

A new study is highlighting the difficulty wheelchair-bound patients continue to have in accessing medical care, despite passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act a generation ago.

Date: 03/15/2013

Contributor: Jill Kaufman

Saturday and Sunday are big days in Holyoke, Massachusetts, as several hundred thousand people are expected in town for the annual St. Patrick's Day road race and parade.

Date: 03/14/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

Just when you thought election season was over, another campaign cycle is starting again with mayoral seats up for grabs in several western Massachusetts communities.

Date: 03/14/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

The New Leadership Charter School in Springfield is slated to close at the end of this school year, but a group of parents hopes to have a replacement ready by this fall.

Date: 03/14/2013

Contributor: Fred Bever

As Massachusetts lawmakers consider more spending on transportation, they are getting support from a new poll.

Rintala Case Ends in Mistrial, Hung Jury

Date: 03/13/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

A mistrial has been declared in the trial of Cara Rintala, a Granby, Massachusetts woman accused of killing her wife in 2010.

Date: 03/12/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

In Greenfield, Massachusetts the school committee voted late last month not to apply for a new school certificate for the district's virtual academy under a new law requiring stronger state supervi

Date: 03/12/2013

Contributor: Katie Landeck

After three months of delays and discussions, the Pittsfield, Mass. school committee will vote again on Wednesday on what vocational programs should be taught at Taconic High School.

Tax Workoff Program for Veterans in Holyoke

Date: 03/12/2013

Contributor: Leanna First-Arai

City officials in Holyoke are opening up a tax work-off program to veterans who live in the city.

MA Governor Rallies Supporters for Tax Plan

Date: 03/12/2013

Contributor: Fred Bever

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is signaling a willingness to compromise his proposed 1.9 billion dollar expansion of state spending on education and transportation.

Date: 03/11/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

All eyes are on the Vatican this week as the conclave to elect the new head of the Roman Catholic Church is set to begin.

Governor's Tax Package Gets Some More Traction

Date: 03/11/2013

Contributor: Fred Bever

As Massachusetts lawmakers consider ways to trim his plan to raise state spending by $1.9 billion, Governor Deval Patrick says a hike in the gas tax could be part – but only part – of the solution.

Date: 03/11/2013

Contributor: Harmonie Charland

The Mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts has awarded a contract to a Hudson-based company to complete a fish ladder at the Manhan River Dam after about a decade of delays.

Pittsfield Ponders Cash Request to Nonprofits

Date: 03/11/2013

Contributor: Jeremy Goodwin

With tight budgets, many municipalities are looking for untapped sources of revenue.

Date: 03/08/2013

Contributor: Fred Bever

The day after House Speaker Robert DeLeo called for scaling back Governor Deval Patrick’s ambitious tax and spending plan, the governor defended his goals in a rare committee appearance, while voic

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