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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New Hampshire is an outlier in New England when it comes to offshore wind. Some are trying to change that.
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Earlier this week, facing outcry from press freedom advocates, Dartmouth President Sian Beilock said the students who were present “to report on the protests should not have been arrested for doing their jobs.”
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Once a fixture in nearly every community, the blacksmith shop is now mostly a relic of the past, but for a few hobbyists and shops scattered across the state. But the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences is trying to re-invigorate interest in the craft.
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A recent survey found that 50 Maine harvesters and haulers lost at least $2.6 million in income from the Dec. 18 storm alone.
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Moore, 75, announced her decision to not run for reelection on the final day of the 2024 state legislative session.
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Connecticut has roughly 90,000 registered nurses, but only a little over 50% are actually working in the nursing profession.
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UMass student gov votes 'no confidence' in Reyes, as McGovern says protest arrests 'very concerning'Members of the Student Government Association at the University of Massachusetts Amherst voted "with an overwhelming majority" Wednesday evening to express their "no confidence" in Chancellor Javier Reyes.
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Wethersfield EMS struggles highlight how small CT towns navigate complex world of ambulance responseAcross Connecticut, it's the state — not towns — that has ultimate authority over EMS response. For some local leaders, that's a problem.
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Republican debate and a Democratic choice not to bring an omnibus climate change bill up for debate sooner in the Senate doomed significant climate legislation in 2024.
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Connecticut’s General Assembly came to a close on Wednesday. Legislators advanced a variety of measures, but others, like efforts to address climate change, died.