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State lobbyist disclosures show a Boston-based lobbying firm works for both Harvard University and Tesla, raising questions about the firm's arrangements at a time when Harvard is being targeted by the Trump administration and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
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The National Education Association and its New Hampshire chapter are suing the U.S. Department of Education to stop its ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. -
Difficulties include recent federal funding cuts to state health equity work and a dispute over Indigenous belonging in Vermont. -
The Trump administration’s latest salvo targets Harvard’s tax-exempt status at the same time the university’s home city of Cambridge is looking to scale back its budget plans. -
The project dates to the fall of 2022, when the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs announced it was getting $50,000 from the foundation of the Burlington-based company Seventh Generation to create materials about Abenaki peoples for K-12 students. -
The state Division of Marine Fisheries and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have teamed up to launch an innovative passive acoustic monitoring network. The aim is to improve detection of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in Massachusetts waters. -
James Bassett is the longest serving member on the court. He is stepping down a year before reaching the mandatory retirement age. -
A toy importer is delaying a new warehouse in Keene, while a steel fabricator in Greenfield worries other projects could dry up if Trump’s tariffs stifle economic growth. -
Clinics that were federally launched 60 years ago for underserved populations say cuts to Medicaid (MassHealth) and new Trump administration rules could severely reduce access to health care.
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