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Conference to Highlight Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Date: 04/04/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Sexual assault on college campuses is the focus of a conference the Massachusetts Northwestern District Attorney's office plans to hold tomorrow (Friday) at Hampshire College.

Date: 04/04/2013

Contributor: Jeremy Goodwin

Thirty law enforcement officers from western Massachusetts gathered in Pittsfield today for a morning of role-playing with a pair of improv comedians.

Date: 04/03/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

For the first time in over a year, commercial flights are scheduled to fly out of Worcester Regional Airport.

Date: 04/03/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

A bill is making its way through the Massachusetts Legislature that mandates the recycling of mercury-containing thermostats. Some critics claim the measure doesn't go far enough.

Date: 04/02/2013

Contributor: Leanna First-Arai

As of this week, residents of Springfield, Massachusetts living in the city's nearly 2,500 public housing units have to leave their building and its premises if they want to smoke a cigarette.

Date: 04/02/2013

Contributor: Fred Bever

Massachusetts legislative leaders are outlining a plan they say will boost spending on the state’s transportation needs by half a billion dollars.

Date: 04/02/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

This week, Massachusetts officials will mark the opening of the first segment of the publicly funded broadband network that will bring high-speed Internet to rural communities in western and centra

Date: 04/02/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

A status hearing was held in Springfield, Massachusetts today (Tuesday) in the case of accused arsonist Anthony Baye.

Date: 04/02/2013

Contributor: New England Pub...

Some Massachusetts defense attorneys say they’re astonished by the latest evidence from the state drug lab scandal.

Date: 04/01/2013

Contributor: Leanna First-Arai

The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Culture will hear testimony tomorrow from a Western Massachusetts lawmaker who has made a perennial effort to bring an African American herita

Date: 04/01/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

A Massachusetts program that extends the length of the school day for students in schools with high poverty rates could see a boost in funding next year.

Date: 04/01/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

Two members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation are urging state regulators to reject most of a request by Connecticut Light & Power to charge customers $414 million for costs related to

Date: 04/01/2013

Contributor: Harmonie Charland

Interest rates on federal student loans are set to double July 1st, jumping to 6.8 percent from the current 3.8 percent.

Date: 03/29/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Four companies vying for a single casino license in western Massachusetts are negotiating agreements with host communities in time for voter referendums later this year.

Morning Edition Extra, March 29 2013

Date: 03/29/2013

Contributor: New England Pub...

Today on Morning Edition Extra, a look at how changes in the federal Defense of Marriage Act could effect residents of states where same sex marriage is legal and where it's not.

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