New England Public Radio News

Springfield, Massachusetts is facing a 4.6 million dollar budget deficit, because of local aid cuts made by Governor Patrick this week. But, as WFCR's Tina Antolini reports, Mayor Dominic Sarno is pledging not to lay off any police...

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is talking trash with state residents. Bob Paquette has this report.

Veteran Daily Hampshire Gazette editor Jim Foudy will take over as publisher in June. He's replacing Aaron Julien, the new president of the parent company that owns the Gazette and the Greenfield Recorder. Foudy's been responsible...

An Adams, Massachusetts Catholic church that closed in December and has been the subject of an extended protest is now being celebrated in a new calendar. WFCR's Tina Antolini has more.

Now that President Obama is in office, Congress is expected to quickly pass several pieces of legislation to address some of the country's most pressing problems. Congressman Richard Neal (D) of Springfield, Massachusetts, was...

The Inauguration of the 44th American president may have been a notable day in US history but as WFCR's Jill Kaufman reports, on the day the country's first African American president was sworn in, some people were just going...

November's presidential election inspired unprecedented interest from the nation's youth, and thousands of young people from around the country have traveled to Washington, DC, for today's inauguration. as WFCR's Tina Antolini...