The Short List: UMass Tuition Hikes, Western Mass Budget Cuts, Tougher Bills...
What made The Short List this week? Western Massachusetts officials say they’re surprised governor Charlie Baker vetoed $300,000 to fund Franklin County’s Opioid Task Force another year. A...
View ArticleThe Short List: Governor’s Council Election, Springfield Mob Connections,...
What made The Short List this week? There’s been and will continue to be considerable turnover on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, with three new justices this year and two more reaching the...
View ArticleThe Short List: Sheriff Ashe’s Clambake Legacy, New England’s Drought Gets Worse
What made The Short List this week? With Hampden County Sheriff Michael Ashe set to retire after 42 years in office, he held his 39th and final clambake this week. And by all accounts it was a...
View ArticleResearchers At UMass Look For The Places That Climate Change Forgot
U.S. Geological Survey researchers at UMass Amherst want to study places that fare better during climate change than the rest of the world. In a new report, they say the data could help predict,...
View ArticleUMass Researchers: Cloth Masks Offer Little Protection From Air Pollution
Traffic cops in Katmandu routinely wear industry standard face masks called N95 to protect themselves from the heavily polluted air. UMass Amherst Assistant Professor Rick Peltier said this is a pretty...
View ArticleBack-To-School Book Series: Aaron Becker’s ‘Return’
On recent Fridays, we’ve brought you our back-to-school book series — interviews with a local authors of new kids or young adult books. Our pick for this week is Return, the eagerly awaited final...
View ArticleThe Short List: Massachusetts Primary Less Than A Week Away
What made The Short List this week? Massachusetts primaries are this coming Thursday. There are no contested races on the Republican side in western Mass. But Democrats have fights over a state Senate...
View ArticleThe Short List: What Happened During the Massachusetts Primary, And Why Does...
What made The Short List this week? Although overall voter turnout in the Massachusetts state primary was low, one race that pulled people in was for Hampden County sheriff. (NEPR) At the age of 22,...
View ArticleNo Easy Answers As Connecticut Hospitals Try To Get Patients A Good Night’s...
Hospitals can be noisy places and that can make it difficult for patients to sleep. Some hospitals in Connecticut, acknowledging the relationship between healing and quality rest are taking a different...
View ArticleStill Without Tom Brady, Patriots Take On Dolphins This Sunday
The Patriots are preparing to take on the Dolphins on Sunday. In last week’s season opener, they beat the Cardinals, even without suspended quarterback Tom Brady. Also missing, tight end Rob Gronkowski...
View ArticleThe Short List: The Ballot Question Landscape, And The Most Under-Reported...
What made The Short List this week? A new poll from WBUR conducted by MassINC found Massachusetts voters backing two of the four questions that’ll appear on ballots statewide in November. Thumbs up so...
View ArticleThe Short List: Early Voting Faults And Promise, Illegal Restaurant Worker...
What made The Short List this week? Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin is confident that the new early voting law in Massachusetts is constitutional. Meantime, the city clerk in Woburn is...
View ArticleHartford Stage Premieres ‘Queens For A Year’
The world premiere of Queens For A Year is kicking off Hartford Stage’s season. The drama by T.D. Mitchell shines an intense light on the military and personal consequences of a Marine who goes to bat...
View ArticleThe Short List: Mass Pike Hearing, New Crime Stats, Sox Make Playoffs
What made The Short List this week? Massachusetts Department of Transportation held hearings for western Mass. drivers to give input on the new toll system and to give input about where toll money will...
View ArticleNon-Hispanic White Veterans Seek More Diverse Communities
Non-Hispanic white veterans returning from military service are more likely to move into diverse communities than their civilian counterparts. That, said UMass Amherst sociology professor Jennifer...
View ArticleRed Sox Begin Postseason With Hope For 2013 Magic
The postseason begins Thursday night for the Red Sox as they take on the Indians in Cleveland. This is the first playoff appearance for Boston since their World Series run in 2013. In between, they...
View ArticleThe Short List: Rintala Trial Reaction, Lawsuit Over Transgender Law, Mascot...
What made The Short List this week? Cara Rintala, the western Massachusetts woman convicted of killing her wife, was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This came...
View ArticleThe Short List: Springfield Police Investigated, Rosenberg Request, Voting...
What made The Short List this week? Complaints about excessive force by Springfield’s police, and how the department deals with those complaints, continues to grow. Ethel Rosenberg’s sons, after their...
View ArticleAmherst College Soccer Team: ‘That Is Not Our Locker Room’
Amherst College senior David Lander has received a lot of attention recently — and not for his academics or his performance on the school’s soccer team. Lander wrote a column for the Huffington Post...
View ArticleElection 2016 Debate: Should Massachusetts Require More Living Space For...
This election season, we’re hosting a series of short debates on the four statewide ballot questions facing Massachusetts voters. MORE: Debates on other ballot questions Today we look at Question 3. If...
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