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As Black History Month continues, the effects of environmental injustice are being woven into conversations about the ways Black communities are left behind, including in Minnesota. Even prior to the current racial reckoning, Minnesota drew attention for stark disparities in education and wages. Minister JaNaé Bates, communications director for the group, ISAIAH, said climate issues are no different, noting Minnesota has abundant resources to make sure everyone can live in a safe and heal...

CHICOPEE - State and local legislators gathered on Feb. 16 to celebrate a $1.62 million MassWorks Infrastructure Program grant for the Food Bank of Western Mass.

Commerce City residents living in the shadow of the Suncor refinery are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to deny an emissions permit recently renewed by Colorado regulators. Lucy Molina lives near the facility and is a Suncor neighborhood organizer with the group 350 Colorado. She said the EPA has an opportunity to finally hold industrial polluters accountable, and answer the calls from communities to protect their health. ...

BOSTON (AP) — 2022 is shaping up to be a banner year for Massachusetts politics, with a crowded race for governor, a wide-open contest for attorney general, a number of spirited district attorney elections, and a handful of thorny ballot questions.

The mayor has been responding to more negative tweets, an analysis shows.

State Attorney General Maura Healey has made two visits to Western Massachusetts. In stops in Easthampton and Holyoke Friday, the Democrat toured small businesses and discussed the recovery from COVID-19. She was also at the Hope for Holyoke Peer Recovery Center to promote equity in treating opioid misuse. Healey is also running for governor.

Republican William Johnson announces exploratory campaign committee

HOLYOKE — The city has released records of its highest-paid employees from calendar year 2021, a list top-heavy with mostly police officers.In 2021, the nine highest-paid Holyoke employees were police making between $169,343 and $259,401. Of the...

Left unchecked, a wave of star-studded commercials and digital ads can also open a world of trouble for young people and others at risk of irresponsible gambling, expanded gambling opponents

Platform includes job creation, "west-east rail."