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50 years later, busing recalled as ‘Boston’s crucible moment’
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CVS pharmacists in Massachusetts can now prescribe birth control. Here’s how it works
Melina Khan September 13, 2024 To ...
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Two more Boston colleges report declines in Black student enrollment in wake of SCOTUS decision
BU’s first-year Black student enrollment falls ...
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Why Massachusetts schools are having an ‘extremely difficult’ financial year
September 04, 2024 Carrie Jung Students ...
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Community fridges are helping neighbors nourish one another
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Mattapan faces unique health issues. One coalition found unique solutions.
Kana Ruhalter Arun Rath September 04, ...
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Low-income MBTA riders can now apply for reduced fares
Alexi Cohan September 03, 2024 FILE ...
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Hundreds of Boston-area hotel workers go on strike
Wages, pensions, work rules and insurance ...
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Washington lawmakers to introduce ban on flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes
The "Flavors Hook Kids Washington" campaign ...
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Washington state puts $29 million toward loans for communities most impacted by ‘war on drugs’
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez September 03, 2024 / 6:03 ...
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Indiana is one of 17 states suing over a federal law that protects students with disabilities
Dylan Peers McCoy Feb 17, 2025 Indiana is one of several conservative states asking a Texas court to declare unconstitutional a 52-year-old federal law that offers crucial protection for people…
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Kansas wrestles with ways to shorten waitlist for disability care
The intellectual/developmentally disabled waiver program still has a long waitlist. That waitlist is shrinking, and Kansas lawmakers want to keep that momentum going. by Blaise Mesa February 14, 2025 Holly Oleson…
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Florida Removes 1.3m People From Health Care Plan
Published Feb 09, 2025 at 5:00 AM EST By Hugh Cameron To watch video report, Click Here. Over one million Floridians have had their health insurance revoked as a result of a…
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New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order
Feb 3, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people…
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Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response
by Mary Hudetz and Hannah Bassett Jan. 27, 2025, 7 a.m. EST Reporting Highlights At least 40 Native American residents of sober living homes and treatment facilities in the Phoenix area died…
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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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