Filling an estimated 2,000 vacancies in the health care workforce is critical, they say.
New England
Connecticut trooper suspended on drunken driving allegation reinstated to lieutenant
An anonymous complaint was filed against him the day after he pulled a wounded officer to safety during a shootout.
Secretary of Navy visits shipyard as congressional delegations push for projects
Sen. Susan Collins says the Cabinet secretary got to see the ‘extraordinary work that is done here each and every day.’
Senators renew push to ban offshore drilling off New England
The senators say the Atlantic continental shelf is at risk as long as the Trump administration stalls the release of its draft 5-year offshore leasing plan.
Inmate’s hearing in Dartmouth professors’ stabbing deaths postponed
Two teenagers are serving lengthy sentences in the 2001 killings.
MIT students deck out dome with Captain America shield
Massachusetts Institute of Technology students have for generations centered similar pranks, which they call ‘hacks,’ on the dome.
As bigamist pleads guilty, one of his wives tells court of ‘6 years of pain and misery’
Michael Middleton, 43, who was married to at least 3 women in New Hampshire, Georgia and Alabama, received a 12-month sentence that was suspended for 5 years.
Federal team recommends reducing lobstering gear to save whales
The recommendations aimed at protecting right whales must now go through an approval process that could be contentious.
Seth Moulton, Massachusetts congressman, joins 2020 presidential race
The Democrat is now the third political figure from Massachusetts to enter the crowded field.
Offshore wind developers to invest $4.5 million in Rhode Island
The developers – and state officials – hope the investment will transform the state into an industry leader.