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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

MA: Rural/Farming

A legislative analysis of the EATS Act from Harvard says it
Family farm advocates in MA rally against EATS Act

A coalition of animal-welfare and family-farm advocates say a proposed amendment to the 2023 Farm Bill jeopardizes states' ability to regulate their o…

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According to the Campaign for HIP Funding, the Healthy Incentives Program has resulted in an additional $61 million in local economic impact across the Commonwealth. (Atlas Farms)
Farmers Markets Help MA Shoppers Eat Healthier, Beat Inflation

Some low-income shoppers might assume farmers markets, with their specialty products, are out of reach. But more of these markets in the Commonwealth …

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Nuestras Raíces manages nine urban community gardens in Holyoke, plus four for the Holyoke Education System, supporting over 100 families with locally grown, fresh food. (Adobe Stock)
Celebrating 30 Years of Puerto Rican “Agri-Culture” in Western MA

The Holyoke area is home to many Puerto Rican families who say they will do what they can to help people there as they recover from the latest hurrica…

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About 67% of firefighters in the United States are volunteers, according to the National Volunteer Fire Council. (automatic6517/Pixabay)
Volunteer Firefighter Shortage Spurs MA Departments into Action

If you dial 911, it is more than likely a volunteer firefighter will respond to your emergency, but in Massachusetts, there are not enough volunteers…

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A new poll suggests a close, five-way horse race ahead of the Iowa caucuses. (Warren/Twitter)
Sen. Warren 2nd in 'Tightly Bunched Field,' According to New Iowa Poll

BOSTON - Massachusetts voters still have plenty of time to make their primary-election choices, but it's "showtime" in less than two weeks in Iowa -- …

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Fast broadband is making high-quality tech support jobs available in some very poor, very rural areas. (Jorge Guillen/Pixabay)
Real, Rural Job Growth from Phone Co-Op's Super-fast Broadband

BOSTON - A telephone cooperative in two depressed Kentucky counties may have found a good path to economic development in poor rural areas - through s…

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Among the states, Massachusetts is second only to Wisconsin for its farm output of fresh cranberries.  (djorenstein/Pixabay)
A Bitter Year for MA Cranberries?

PLYMOUTH, Mass. – If Thanksgiving cranberry sales don't pick up, it could be a tough year for Massachusetts growers of the bitter fruit – …

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Advocates say KFC's move makes sense given the global concern about the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. (MASSPIRG)
KFC Move Called "Win" for Responsible Antibiotic Use

BOSTON -- Consumer and public health advocates are applauding the latest pledge by a fast food chain to phase out its use of chickens raised on antibi…

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Question 3 on Massachusetts' November ballot would prohibit cruel confinement of farm animals. (HSUS)
Cage-Free Decision on November Ballot for Bay Staters

BOSTON -- When Commonwealth voters cast their ballots in November, one box they may check will for Question 3: a measure to prohibit cruelty in the …

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Para Educator Nancy Burke (r.) with student Taylor Warren. Courtesy: Massachusetts Teachers Association
National Bammy Award for Massachusetts Educator

BOSTON - A Massachusetts educator won national recognition this week for a garden project that enables high school students in wheelchairs to do some …

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Supporters are gathering petitions for a 2016 ballot initiative to curb farm animal confinement in Massachusetts. Courtesy: Humane Society of the United States.
Fall Signature Drive: MA Farm Animal Confinement Initiative

BOSTON - People who are concerned about animal cruelty are hitting the streets gathering support for a 2016 Ballot Initiative to curb farm animal conf…

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PHOTO: Three groups are suing the FDA over their approval of new combinations of growth-enhancing drugs to be administered to millions of animals raised for food, including cows. Photo courtesy Humane Society of the United States.
Groups take FDA to court over New Drug Combos for Farm Animals

BOSTON - Pharmaceuticals....it's what's for dinner. And groups in the U.S. are suing the federal government over it. The Humane Society of the U.S (…

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