The New England News Collaborative is telling stories of our connected and rapidly changing region.
The is a 9-station consortium of public media newsrooms reporting stories that are shared and broadcast across New England. Our multimedia coverage delves into climate change and clean energy; racial inequality and immigration; and the impacts of the pandemic on people, businesses and schools in the region.
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The Trump administration’s massive job and funding cuts to science are driving job seekers to look abroad.
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Hundreds of people have packed recent forums hosted by Reps. Chris Pappas and Maggie Goodlander. Many of those in attendance demanded more forceful action against the Trump Administration.
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Annually, an estimated 15,000 people between 12 and 25 are homeless in New Hampshire.
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Pantries are considering adjustments to where they source their food and income.
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Maine has become ground zero in a national culture war over the rights of LGBTQIA+ students after President Donald Trump confronted Gov. Janet Mills last month about allowing transgender athletes to compete according to their gender identity.
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The region hasn’t had a train to Boston since the 1950s, when highways became king. Now, after more than three decades of political promises and $1 billion spent, South Coast Rail is scheduled to open Monday.
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Conservation groups are intervening in a case they say could have implications for current speed rules that are intended to protect North Atlantic right whales from collision with ships.
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For 121 years, Canadians have enjoyed free access to the library through the stateside front door without having to go through customs.
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Proposals to limit private equity ownership of Connecticut hospitals are gaining bipartisan support in the state legislature, as Waterbury Hospital, Manchester Memorial, and Rockville General Hospital in Vernon struggle to fund a buyer.
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Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced $3 million in city funding will go to public schools, to help address a budget shortfall. But he’s also calling on state officials to help amid federal funding uncertainty.