New England Public Radio News

03/20/2013
Kari Njiiri

Over one hundred health care providers and I-T specialists throughout western Massachusetts will attend a summit in Springfield tomorrow [Thursday] on launching a regional health i

03/19/2013
Leanna First-Arai

As casino companies work out the details of host-community agreements, concerns are being expressed about how those companies will make their investments count once the state's gaming commission aw

03/19/2013
Henry Epp

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission made new commitments this week to communities adjacent to potential casino sites.

03/18/2013
Henry Epp

For the second time in a month, the U.S.

03/18/2013
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.

03/15/2013
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.

03/14/2013
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. 

03/14/2013
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.

03/14/2013
Fred Bever
As Massachusetts lawmakers consider more spending on transportation, they are getting support from a new poll.
03/13/2013
Henry Epp

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

03/12/2013
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

03/12/2013
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.

03/12/2013
Leanna First-Arai

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

03/12/2013
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.

03/11/2013
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.

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