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One private equity-backed firm recently bought more than 10% of funeral homes in western Mass, where corporate consolidators now own a quarter of mortuaries...
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Last month, amid protests from city residents, Holyoke became the first in the state to ban new data centers. Two days later, Westfield moved...
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As rising healthcare costs bear down on local governments, teachers are losing their jobs, cities and towns are cutting services, and the cash-strapped Hampshire...
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The organizations have billed their merger as building a "more sustainable future" amid federal funding cuts. But what comes next remains unclear.
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Expanded cannabis regulations promise a head start to those harmed by the War on Drugs. That is, if they don't get tangled in red...