Hearing Shows Rifts Over Extent Of Gun Regulation Senator: Judge’s Answer On Gun Crime Question “Blew Me Away”
Western Mass. legislator wants Narcan in more Mass. schools
State senator who serves in National Guard sees family shelter crisis from 2 vantage points
Should Mass. change ‘right-to-shelter’ law? Lawmakers want to consider it
Where will Massachusetts emergency shelter funding be allocated?
On the frontlines of the shelter crisis
Holyoke Veterans Day event honors few who serve many
Hundreds of letters from children delivered to Veterans’ Home
Governor Healey announces legislative package for the welfare of veterans.
School building costs going down for Holyoke
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November 28, 2023
(SHNS- Sam Drysale ) Most lawmakers seem to agree that something needs to be done about so-called "ghost guns" that...
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November 22, 2023
(MassLive- Greta Jochem) — Opioid-overdose deaths hit a statewide peak last year. The crisis is widespread, and that includes affecting youth....
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November 17, 2023
(WBUR- Lisa Mullins and Lynn Jolicoeur) About 7,500 families remain in Massachusetts' state-run shelter system — more than 3,800 of...
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November 15, 2023
(MassLive- Luis Fieldman) Massachusetts lawmakers want to establish a commission to study the state’s unique “right-to-shelter” law as rapidly escalating demand over...
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November 15, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUG5AMiqrPk (WWLP- Ellen Flemming ) The clock is ticking on a deal to supply the emergency assistance program with necessary funding...
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November 13, 2023
(Politico- Lisa Kashinsky) VELIS’ VIEW — A young boy was wandering around the room at the hotel where John Velis and...
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November 12, 2023
(MassLive- Dennis Honhenberger) “A veteran is a person, at some point in their life, who wrote a blank check up...
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November 11, 2023
(WWLP- Amy Philips) An annual Veteran’s Day tradition continued in Holyoke on Wednesday. Over a thousand letters from local students...
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November 10, 2023
(WesternMass News - Maria Wilson)- Days before Veterans Day, Governor Maura Healey announced a sweeping legislative package dedicated to the...
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November 3, 2023
(Daily Hampshire Gazette- James Pentland) The city is on track to save almost $12 million on its middle school building...
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