At the State House, novelists, nonfiction writers and picture book authors found community for the day, gathering to celebrate their achievements at the 2025 Massachusetts Book Awards ceremony.

Phyllis Neufeld presented at Burlington’s Oct. 6, 2025, Town Meeting to propose a resolution concerning violations at the local facility operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Elected ...

Low-income and students of color in Massachusetts are almost twice as likely to attend schools with unsatisfactory conditions than their white counterparts, according to a new report from the ...

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities such as Portland, Ore., and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and ...

Stephen Fowler is a political reporter with NPR's Washington Desk and will be covering the 2024 election based in the South. Before joining NPR, he spent more than seven years at Georgia Public ...

Travelers across the U.S. are beginning to feel the impacts of the government shutdown, as air traffic control staffing shortages disrupt flights across the country. A dozen Federal Aviation ...

As the federal government appeared headed for a shutdown early last week, Jenna Norton joined a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol to urge lawmakers not to be cowed by the Trump ...

In Massachusetts, people with substance use issues who are involuntarily committed might be sent not to a hospital or rehab facility, but to a treatment unit overseen by the sheriff’s office. It’s the ...

Growing Places' innovative programs include mobile markets and a food processing center — transforming how local food reaches those who need it most. For this week’s Joy Beat, we turned to our ...

The decision comes as peace talks begin on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Since Trump took office in January, experts say his administration has cut staff and funding, having direct and indirect impacts on the survivors trying to find stability, stay off the streets, keep a ...