A Great Barrington, Massachusetts, affordable housing nonprofit is in the midst of its annual winter fundraising campaign to provide fuel and shelter to vulnerable residents. As WAMC reports, this year’s effort comes in the face of frigid temperatures and diminished federal funding.

The Vermont Senate pro-tem will not run for reelection

A Berkshire County environmental group is launching a campaign against the state government’s practice of stocking nonnative fish in the commonwealth’s waters.

The state official charged with overseeing and encouraging housing efforts in Massachusetts is stepping down.

Vermont’s retiring Adjutant General gave his final State of the Guard speech to the state legislature on Thursday.

Berkshire County activists say Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is more talk than action when it comes to protecting state residents from the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. As WAMC reports, the activists made their feelings known during the governor’s most recent trip to the region.

A state-of-the-art surveillance system is coming together in western Massachusetts. It’s overseers in Chicopee hope to offer it as a regional tool to be used by law enforcement across the Pioneer Valley. As WAMC reports, police say the technology is about public safety, not spying on residents.

The trio of Democrats running for Vermont lieutenant governor were in Middlebury this week for a meet the candidates forum.

The ACLU of Vermont and the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project have announced a new partnership with the Habeas Project of New England.

The Burlington City Council has passed a resolution to address potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the city