The latest New England stories on topics like climate change and the environment, the economy, health, racial equity, culture and politics — as reported by newsrooms of the New England News Collaborative, a 9-station consortium of the region's top public media organizations.
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Ayotte addressed veterans at the New Hampshire Veterans Home on Tuesday alongside several members of the state's federal delegation. -
The plan, which a bipartisan group of legislative leaders announced Monday, is primarily geared toward tackling further lapses in funding due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. -
The Friday night fire in Amherst, Massachusetts, that destroyed a four story building under construction and an adjacent 75-unit apartment complex still wasn't fully extinguished by Sunday afternoon. In all, 230 UMass students and two others lost their housing, their belongings— but officials said no one was injured. -
Nearly 50 protestors converged on the Portland offices of Republican Senator Susan Collins and Independent Angus King Monday in the wake of a tentative deal to end the government shutdown that doesn't include an extension of healthcare subsidies. -
Both senators say the fight for health insurance subsidies will continue, but Pappas and Goodlander say the Senate agreement falls short. -
Black Trumpet is piecing together donated ingredients and volunteer kitchen power for "Free Lunch Mondays." -
Attendees formed working groups to generate ideas on outdoor education, sustainability in schools, green infrastructure in school buildings and more. -
The fallout from the federal government shutdown continues to chip away at federal funding for safety net programs designed to aid low-income Mass. residents. -
The Trump administration has slashed refugee admissions nationally while prioritizing Afrikaners. -
In Amherst, Massachusetts, 232 people were displaced after a fire started Friday night in an apartment complex, used as off campus housing for many UMass students.
