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January 23, 2024

HERO Act will address issues facing Veterans in Massachusetts

(WWLP-Ellen Flemming) – Governor Healey testified Tuesday before the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs on why the HERO Act should...
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January 22, 2024

Lawmakers calling for increase to naloxone access in the state

 (WWLP- Kristina D'Amours) – State leaders are demanding increased access to naloxone, the life-saving opioid reversal drug. Lawmaker’s calls are...
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January 16, 2024

Some Massachusetts assisted living facilities charging families rent after loved ones die

(WBZ News- Cheryl Fiandaca) WBZ-TV's I-Team has learned that most assisted living facilities in Massachusetts use landlord tenant agreements that...
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January 14, 2024

What Can States Do to Support Youth Mental Health? feat. Senator John C. Velis

(MGH Clay Center for Healthy Minds) To address the youth mental health crisis, we need to approach it from different...
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January 11, 2024

Armbrook Village Assisted Living in Westfield to receive Purple Flag for Dementia

 (WWLP- Emma McCorkindale) A Westfield senior living center earned the first Purple Flag Dementia Care Accreditation in western Massachusetts Thursday....
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January 10, 2024

Westfield superintendent backs comprehensive high school to replace 2 buildings

(Westfield News- Amy Porter) — At the Jan. 9 School Committee meeting, Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski reported that he, business manager...
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December 31, 2023

InFocus: Housing crisis in Massachusetts

(WWLP- Amy Phillips)–According to the U-S Government Accountability Office, high interest rates and low housing and rental stock have lead...
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December 29, 2023

New tax package being introduced in Massachusetts targeting middle class and families

(WesternMass News- Reaghan Loughrey) With the new year comes new legislations, and with inflation hitting everyone’s wallet, Massachusetts will be...
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December 26, 2023

Massachusetts legislation would allow IVF therapy for same-sex veteran marriages; VA denies coverage

(MassLive- Dave Canton) Legislation providing in vitro fertilization therapy to LGBTQ+ Massachusetts veterans faces a January hearing. The federal Veterans...
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December 25, 2023

Local legislators presented a check from the Commonwealth of Mass to the PHIWM

(The Republican- Pam Mastriano)- Local legislators presented a $200,000 check from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the Public Health Institute...
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