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Lubbock, Texas, became the largest city in the U.S. to become a “sanctuary city for the unborn,” the 26th in the nation to outlaw abortion.

“Would we ever see an abortion clinic in Hayes Center? Maybe not,” said Kim Primavera, a Hayes Center trustee. Four of the village’s five trustees are women, and most are young. They represent about 280 people here. “But it’s always better to be proactive than reactive in life in general,” she said. The Hayes Center Times-Republican, the local newspaper which Primavera partially owns, reported that not a single person in town spoke against the measure. The towns and their leaders di...

In New Bedford, career journalists looking to shine a new light By Gal Tziperman Lotan Globe Staff,Updated April 10, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Barbara Roessner, founding editor of The New Bedford Light, says she wants her new organization to be an integral part of the local community.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff The first priority at The New Bedford Light, a nonprofit news organization launching this spring, sets an ambitious course: a broad accounting of what the pandemic has done to t...