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Disability advocates rally against proposed cap on in-home aides

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For some Boston neighborhoods, heat advisories come too late

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‘Teacher started crying’: Students in Mass. town hold walkout in protest of staffing cuts

By Ryan Breslin March 24, 2025 at 10:43 am EDT NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Students in a Massachusetts town walked out of class on Monday in protest of “brutal” job cuts…
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‘Have voices heard that are often not heard’: Berklee professor creates first-of-its-kind class

By Kelly Sullivan March 24, 2025 at 7:10 am EDT BOSTON — Berklee College of Music in Boston is one of the top music schools in the world and has produced…
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$2 billion in federal funding for Massachusetts could be at risk due to cuts

By Laura Haefeli March 12, 2025 / 6:31 PM EDT President Trump’s plan to dismantle the Department of Education may have large impacts across Massachusetts, leaving educators worried about what’s to come.   The…
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Healey Visits Boston Children’s Hospital, Highlights Harm Caused by Cuts to NIH Funding, Medicaid

by Beacon Hill Times Staff • March 19, 2025  On March 17, Governor Maura Healey and First Lady Joanna Lydgate visited Boston Children’s Hospital, a world leader in pediatric health care, to highlight…
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All employees at Education Department’s Boston regional office to be laid off

Officials said the department is also terminating leases on buildings in cities, including in Boston By Alysha Palumbo • Published March 12, 2025 The entire staff at Boston’s Department of Education building is…
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Disability advocates rally against proposed cap on in-home aides

Meghan Smith March 12, 2025 Hundreds of disability advocates gathered at the State House in Boston Wednesday for a rally to support the state program that provides caregivers to help…
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Mayor Wu and BPHC Release Health Equity Report, Seek Partners to Close Life Expectancy Gap Across Neighborhoods

First funding round calls for proposals for $5 million of total $10 million investment to improve health outcomes in Boston by bolstering economic mobility and financial security BOSTON – Thursday, February…
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Hundreds march in Boston to support democracy and protest policies of Trump, Musk

The peaceful rally in freezing conditions was supported by 100 civil rights, environmental and progressive groups from Massachusetts. By MICHAEL CASEY February 14, 2025 BOSTON (AP) — Chanting “Stop the…
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For some Boston neighborhoods, heat advisories come too late

Vivian La January 24, 2025 Last August, Boston officials issued a heat advisory when temperatures and humidity were expected to reach dangerous highs. But some neighborhoods had already reached that threshold days…
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‘A forgotten generation’: Older Black men in Boston are dying of drug overdoses at alarming rates

A new analysis shows that they are now hardest hit by the opioid epidemic By Chris Serres and Yoohyun Jung Updated January 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m. Anthony James is the first…
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