Environment
After the Trump administration slashed federal staff and funding for conservation work, the Connecticut River Watershed Partnership is working with federal lawmakers to try...
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Economy
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...
Community
A developer promised a soccer field in exchange for a denser build. But after it was built, the city has punted on completing the...
Economy
The organizations have billed their merger as building a "more sustainable future" amid federal funding cuts. But what comes next remains unclear.
Transportation
The “Try Transit” initiative has helped the PVTA restore ridership to pre-pandemic levels, with route expansions next on the bus service’s agenda.
Police
Almost every local agency has left an anti-terrorism partnership with the FBI. With President Trump attempting to leverage it to stifle dissent, records show...
Police
Maysoun Batley maintains she did not spit on a state police officer during the university’s 2024 Gaza solidarity protest crackdown. But two years of...
Investigations
Advocates for the creation of a new public utility hope their message can be heard above a well-funded campaign against the network buildout.
Environment
Massachusetts urinators may soon divert their excess nutrients away from waterways, where they can act as pollutants, to fertilize local farms, instead.
City Council
Two legal advocacy groups are suing to block the city from divesting from “entities complicit in human rights violations in Israel and Palestine.” Divestment...
Column
The Shoestring and allied publications visited state lawmakers yesterday to promote legislative solutions to the crisis in local news.
Investigations
The Shoestring found that the state has been testing at least 40 government use cases for AI, though it remains tight-lipped about most of...