13+ hour, 35+ min ago  (250+ words) The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a wide-ranging farm bill Wednesday. The legislation comes at a time when many farmers are struggling to make a profit. One aspect of the bill codifies the Health Incentives Programfor the first time. Northampton State…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (610+ words) Two months before the FIFA World Cup arrives in Massachusetts, local fans are growing concerned about the rising cost of attending as well as uncertainties over transportation and how the area will accommodate the large influx of visitors expected to…...

8+ hour, 47+ min ago  (158+ words) Today's mural, Monsoon Season by Sterling Mulbry, explores the interplay of color with shapes and patterns. Mulbry begins by constructing and carving a structure with paint. She then experiments with the push and pull of pattern, foreground, and background. The…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (52+ words) GBH Music & Culture'WGBH From the arts to history to drama and beyond, dig into a weekly interesting topic featuring GBH programming. GBH Music on YouTube You are leaving gbh.org and going to a web page that is not owned…...

21+ hour, 33+ min ago  (298+ words) State leaders and transportation officials gathered at Union Station in Springfield Wednesday, to hear the latest update on Massachusetts" plans for expanded passenger rail. The plan is called 'Compass Rail", and residents will see the earliest project materialize around 2030, with…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (181+ words) A shipment of rail car shells are headed to Springfield, after being released from holding by the federal government late last month. The shells, shipped from China, are used at CRRC's Springfield manufacturing facility to create subway cars for the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (463+ words) The average price of gasoline climbed to $3.84 a gallon in Massachusetts Wednesday, as the war in Iran continued to push fuel prices higher worldwide. Massachusetts residents have been feeling the pinch at the pump for more than a month now,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (899+ words) If you have spent any time in downtown Hyannis over the past few months, you have probably noticed there is construction going on all over the place. In the downtown core " including Main Street, South Street, North Street, Stevens Street…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (717+ words) Skipped breakfasts. Curtailed social and learning time for students. Missing work hours. A lack of consistency. Those are some of the issues that Boston Public Schools parents said they face at a hearing before the Boston City Council on Tuesday…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (523+ words) GBH's All Things Considered host Arun Rath shares many stories of positivity and local heroes in the show's "Joy Beat" segment. We ask listeners for nominations, but sometimes we instead receive a question: What brings Arun joy? So this week,…...