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After filing legal challenges in several other states to bar Donald Trump from ballot eligibility in this year’s primaries, a Massachusetts-incorporated advocacy group has now done so in its home state.Free Speech for People, a nonprofit led by...

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BOSTON — Stressing that the need for legal drug consumption sites would save hundreds of lives and that there wasn’t a moment to waste, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan implored lawmakers on Monday to muster up the courage to pass...

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Saying that “there is a different path” in Gaza, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern and six other Democratic lawmakers are calling for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas that has killed more than 4,000 people on both sides. The lawmakers released a...

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SPRINGFIELD — Massachusetts will receive $108 million in federal funds to support improvements to east-west passenger train travel between Springfield, Worcester and Boston, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday.The money comes...

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SPRINGFIELD — The leader of the region’s largest health care organization announced this week that he will step down next year after a decade at the helm.Baystate Health CEO Mark Keroack, a specialist in infectious diseases, will retire in July 2024...

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NORTHAMPTON — Northampton Fire Chief Jon Davine was 27 years old when he entered the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy as a new recruit, before joining Northampton Fire Rescue in 1998. Now 25 years later, Davine will soon be the highest-ranking...

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NORTHAMPTON — Rabbi Justin David journeyed from Northampton to Israel at the beginning of March for a 3½-week sabbatical, aiming to hike the Israel National Trail that stretches across the country.But he nearly didn’t make it back.“I left hours before...

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AMHERST — Clare Higgins, the executive director of Community Action Pioneer Valley, was blunt when describing the current crisis in retaining and finding early education staff.“They can’t pay the rent or feed their families with gift cards and...

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GREENFIELD — The Franklin Regional and Pioneer Valley transit authorities are on deck to receive a share of a proposed $6 million of extra transit spending in Gov. Maura Healey’s recently unveiled state budget proposal.The first proposed budget by the...

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When they opened their most recent utility bill, Dianne and Robert Rode couldn’t believe that they were being asked to pay $500 for a month’s worth of heat, the highest bill they’ve ever received in 35 years of living at their home in Heath.“It was...

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AMHERST — Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked classified information pertaining to the Vietnam War known as the “Pentagon Papers,” was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in a ceremony held in San...

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AMHERST — Two years after the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters of former President Donald Trump forced their way into the U.S. Capitol, the views of what happened that day remain firmly entrenched along partisan lines, according to a new...

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NORTHAMPTON — In the old courtroom at the Hampshire County Superior Court, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan took the oath of office Wednesday for the fourth time after being reelected to the position.As in the previous two elections for...