The latest New England stories on topics like climate change and the environment, the economy, health, racial equity, culture and politics — as reported by newsrooms of the New England News Collaborative, a 9-station consortium of the region's top public media organizations.
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Catholics around the world await the naming of the next leader of the Catholic church following the death Monday of Pope Francis. At St. Michael's Cathedral in Springfield, Mass., several parishioners spoke fondly of him and what they hope in the next supreme pontiff. -
Immigration attorneys and activists get creative with Know Your Rights trainings, as they say residents need to know when their rights might be violated and how to prove it. -
As New England warms, snowshoe hares are increasingly finding themselves the wrong color for camouflaging with their environment. New England scientists are looking at some promising ways to help. -
The federal program, which has been delayed several times, was created during the George W. Bush administration in an effort to create standards for identification cards. -
Longtime Winchester town official Jim Tetreault will avoid jail time, but is losing his notarial license, after completing a fraudulent marriage certificate. -
The consequences have been crippling for the Blue Hills Civic Association, which was forced to lay off nearly all its staff earlier this month. -
The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act would create a new tax credit to developers, incentivizing them to build and restore homes in communities with high poverty rates and low homeownership. -
Watch as winter's monochrome fades to dashes of color. -
Cars and climate change have made life harder for key species that provide nutrients for creatures all around New England and sequester carbon in soil. -
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed off on a long-planned experiment that aims to fight climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in the ocean for thousands of years.
