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Lawmakers, architects push for multistall, gender-neutral bathroom bill for new construction, renovations statewide

Architects and lawmakers are advocating for a change in the state building code to allow gender-neutral bathrooms in new construction and renovations of buildings, calling it a further affirmation of a gender-inclusive and respectful. ....

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UMass unions speak out at rally against move to privatize jobs

AMHERST Gail Gunn has been part of a team that has brought giving to the University of Massachusetts to record-breaking levels, yet near the end of her career the longtime UMass employee is feeling betrayed by administrators.She contends that the. ....

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Officials dissect governor's education budget in hearing at UMass

AMHERST Educational issues pertaining to schools across western Massachusetts, including transportation, rural inequities and a lack of sufficient state aid peppered the discussion of a Joint Ways and Means Committee hearing at the University of. ....

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UMass students: 'Everyone' was drinking from borgs

AMHERST Another “Blarney Blowout,” the annual unsanctioned St. Patrick’s-inspired party, has come and gone at UMass Amherst. Each year, the celebration that kicks off spring break is filled with rowdy drinking, but this year nearly 30 students were. ....

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College binge drinking on 'borgs' leads to record visits to Cooley Dickinson Hospital

AMHERST It’s the kind of record that a community doesn’t want to see their local hospital break, but that’s exactly what happened Saturday when alcohol consumption among college-age people contributed to a record number of ambulance arrivals over a. ....

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