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Western MA Lawmaker Envisions African American Heritage Museum in Springfield

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.

Date: 03/28/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

More than $29 million dollars in federal disaster aid is coming to Massachusetts to help recovery efforts from a series of severe storms in 2011. Springfield will get the lion's share - nearl

Date: 03/27/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

UMass Amherst announced this week that it's expanding the school's agriculture program. It will now offer a Bachelor's degree in sustainable food and farming.

Date: 03/27/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno was on Beacon Hill Tuesday testifying in favor of a bill in the Massachusetts Senate that would allow municipalities to raise property taxes on future casino develop

Date: 03/26/2013

Contributor: Jill Kaufman

Th education level of foreign born men and women 25 and older living in the United States is on the rise. And Massachusetts out ranks other states.

Date: 03/25/2013

Contributor: Leanna First-Arai

The incarceration rate in Massachusetts has nearly trippled since the 1980's, even as the state's crime rate has gone down.

Judge Denies Bail for Cara Rintala

Date: 03/25/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Cara Rintala, a Granby, Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her wife in 2010 was denied bail today at Franklin Superior Court in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Date: 03/22/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Artists and community leaders from around western Massachusetts are gathering in Turner's Falls this weekend for an annual conference on developing what they call the "creative economy." The Creati

Morning Edition Extra, March 22, 2013

Date: 03/22/2013

Contributor: New England Pub...

This week on Morning Edition Extra, an artist who is painting 100 portraits of U.S.

The Grand Parade of the 20th Century

Date: 03/22/2013

Contributor: Jill Kaufman

A new stage production from Double Edge Theater tells the story of the 20th Century

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