The New England News Collaborative is telling stories of our connected and rapidly changing region.
The NENC is a 9-station consortium of public media newsrooms reporting stories that are shared and broadcast across New England. Our multimedia coverage delves into climate change and clean energy; racial inequality and immigration; and the impacts of the pandemic on people, businesses and schools in the region.
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Offshore wind developments and critically endangered right whales are sharing the same waters off our coast, which has raised the question: how safely can they coexist? CAI’s Eve Zuckoff has spent the last few months talking to scientists and cutting through misinformation.
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Offshore wind developers have submitted detailed bids for new contracts in the first regional selection process involving Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
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Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who served in the Senate for over two decades and was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, has died. He was 82.
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Tributes from elected officials across Connecticut and the nation poured in following the death of Joe Lieberman, who represented the state in the U.S. Senate for nearly a quarter of a century.
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Graduate student workers are calling on the University of Maine system to negotiate a fair contract with the newly formed union.
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The state revoked the lodging license for all but five of the motel's 128 rooms, finding they were being used for long-term stays. A follow-up inspection by the city found code violations including a cockroach infestation and improperly registered rooms.
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Under current law, parents and guardians of Vermonters under 16 years old have access to their children's checkout history. The new legislation would give confidentiality to minors over the age of 12.
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Granite Shore Power, which owns two plants in New Hampshire, says it will redevelop the sites into renewable energy parks, with solar and battery storage.
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A special joint committee of the Massachusetts legislature is investigating whether or not they should pose the question to voters in November of legalizing access to some psychedelic drugs.
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A new bill would allow the state to convey the three empty facilities in Biddeford, Sanford and York to local housing authorities for their own redevelopment projects.