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Josh Landes/WAMCAs the Trump administration fights to shutter the Department of Education and slash federal aid programs, the public colleges in Berkshire County are facing uncertainty. -
James Paleologopoulos/WAMCFor six days in mid-March, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says over 300 people were arrested across Massachusetts, following a series of raids targeting what they deemed “egregious criminal alien offenders.” Within days, the Trump administration noted some of that figure included “collateral” arrests. An immigration attorney and local advocates say several men in Springfield were among them.
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School districts across Massachusetts are grappling with millions of federal dollars being “terminated.” That’s what Governor Maura Healey’s calling it after the Department of Education pulled over $100 million in not-yet-spent pandemic-related dollars. The move came as a shock, with the biggest school system in western Massachusetts suffering the biggest setback -
Advocacy organizations are joining with the New American community in Vermont to call on state lawmakers to pass a bill that would stop housing discrimination based on immigration status. -
Communities across the WAMC listening area are gearing up to participate in a nationwide demonstration against the Trump administration this weekend. -
Vermont’s Republican governor tried to focus his weekly briefing on tax relief proposals. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, activity is overshadowing his legislative proposals. -
The search for the next permanent town manager of Great Barrington, Massachusetts is down to two candidates. -
A sewage plan in Williamstown, Massachusetts has sparked debate over environmental concerns around so-called forever chemicals. -
Years in the making, a housing project in Holyoke, Massachusetts is going up – and it’s going up fast. -
University of Vermont leaders held an online forum to answer questions from students and faculty concerned about Trump Administration actions and the possible impacts on the college. -
As President Trump attempts to close the Department of Education, public schools in Berkshire County are facing uncertainty about what federal funding to expect in the coming years. -
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking drivers to be alert as salamanders and frogs begin to emerge and cross roads to get to breeding sites.
