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Northampton candidates raised over $100,000 for municipal election
With over a dozen City Council candidates and a new political action committee, Northamptonites have spent big on municipal races this year.
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Follow-up: Indivior ceases marketing of controversial overdose reversal drug
The Shoestring and NEPM previously reported on a dubious claim in marketing emails sent to local police departments. Now, the company has settled with New York’s attorney general over allegations of “misleading promotion.”
Western Mass tenants are getting organized
New efforts have taken aim at specific local landlords, like Smith College, and at state law itself.
Cooley Dickinson nurses to hold strike authorization vote
Nurses at the Northampton hospital say they’re facing “unsafe staffing conditions, uncompetitive wages, and potential hikes to health insurance costs.”
Parole Board Questions Dying Prisoner On 30-Year-Old Murder, Not His Health
For James Ware, an extremely ill Department of Correction prisoner, a final chance at release after medical parole denial.
Voters narrow the field in Northampton election
Incumbents were the top two vote-getters of the night. All five candidates backed by the Support Our Schools and Services Political Action Committee also advanced to the general election in November.
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