U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo and two other New England Democrats made an unannounced visit Friday to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regional headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts to follow up on reports of detainees being housed there for multiple days and sleeping on concrete floors with limited food available. Amo, who represents Rhode Island’s 1st […]

This article first appeared on CT Mirror and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. When it comes to Connecticut’s increasingly troublesome relationship with black bears, both candidates in this year’s governor’s race are in agreement on a somewhat controversial solution. Gov. Ned Lamont, the Democratic incumbent, and his opponent, Republican […]

The rocky road to restoring Newport’s Cliff Walk has cleared a significant obstacle after the city secured permission from Rhode Island coastal regulators. The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) approved a revised repair plan at its meeting Tuesday. The unanimous vote, made with little discussion, paves the way to restore the public walking […]

The modernization project is a key phase of MassDOT's Springfield Area Track Reconfiguration Project, which will upgrade tracks, signals, and other infrastructure to ease a major rail bottleneck in the city by reducing conflicts between freight and passenger trains. West-East Rail construction is set to begin next year.

Gov. Maura Healey and Republican challenger Mike Minogue clashed over rising energy costs, abortion rights, and accountability for misconduct in their second and final gubernatorial debate before Election Day.

A project already pockmarked with delays and growing costs will once again stretch on longer than MBTA officials hoped, this time due to federal scrutiny of components shipped from China.