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Massachusetts awards $1.8 million to fund abortion access, security upgrades for abortion providers
By Maria Papadopoulos, Boston 25 News January ...
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Mass. House and Senate find last-minute common ground on health care
With the legislative session ending Tuesday, ...
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Mayor Wu Celebrates Home Ownership With 235 First Time Buyers In Boston
Dec 14, 2024 Photo: Mike Macklin/WBZ NewsRadio ...
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New Boston program aims to improve labor and delivery for Black women, who often face challenges
By Mallika Marshall, MD Updated on: December ...
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A new Mass. high school is catering specifically to LGBTQ+ students. Here’s what to know.
“There are many schools across the ...
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Free museum program expands to all students, not just BPS
The program provides free admission to ...
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Supreme Court turns away challenge to admissions criteria at Boston high schools
By Melissa Quinn December 9, 2024 / ...
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Why these doctors started writing medical ‘prescriptions’ for solar power
December 9, 20245:00 AM ET By Martha ...
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IBA, BHA complete renovation of affordable South End brownstones
Mandile Mpofu November 21, 2024 (from ...
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Massachusetts nurses struggle with fatigue as the healthcare industry faces workforce shortages
Marilyn Schairer November 18, 2024 RN ...
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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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Anxiety, fear ramp up among Worcester’s immigrants over ICE raids
Henry Schwan Jan. 30, 2025 WORCESTER ― Confusion and fear. Those emotions are alive in Worcester amid reports of President Donald Trump’s administration authorizing raids of undocumented immigrants in several U.S.…
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to testify before Congress on sanctuary cities
By Matt Schooley Updated on: February 3, 2025 / 6:12 PM EST To watch video report, Click Here. BOSTON – Mayor Michelle Wu said Monday she plans to cooperate with a request…
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Some Mass. immigrant communities fearful after videos of federal agents making arrests
By Kristina Rex Updated on: January 24, 2025 / 4:30 PM EST To watch video report, Click Here. EAST BOSTON – Video is circulating online which appears to show federal agents,…
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Mass. Health Policy Committee lays out possible primary care remedies
David Seltz, executive director at the HPC, said Massachusetts is locked in a “state of extreme challenge” By Alison Kuznitz • Published January 18, 2025 To watch video report, Click Here. While…
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Court Ruling Paves the Way For State to Sue Towns With Exclusionary Zoning Laws
By Christian MilNeil 11:56 AM EST on January 8, 2025 A hotly anticipated ruling from the Commonwealth’s Supreme Judicial Court affirms that the state government has a clear authority to sue cities and…
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Local initiative reconnects formerly incarcerated individuals with communities they left
Avery Bleichfeld For Mac Hudson, eating together is a traditional way of connecting to community. “It’s the African tradition from our communal existence,” said Hudson, founder of the equity organization AccessMA.…
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