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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More than 140,000 people covered through Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, are in for a sticker shock if Congress does not extend a federal tax credit for working families. -
Much scrutiny has been placed on the role the state and city of Nashua played in orchestrating the sale of a warehouse to a subsidiary of Chinese company Nongfu Spring in January. -
The Trump administration announced plans this week to terminate funding for hundreds of climate projects across the country, including two in Vermont. -
With just five guests and one journalist, this nearly private tour happens on a 35-foot fishing boat. But the only thing they’ll be fishing for is an eyeful of a feared and fascinating ocean predator: the great white shark. -
This week Massachusetts education officials announced the most results of the most recent standardized assessment exam known as the MCAS. Only 13 districts saw students meet pre-pandemic learning levels in both Math and English Language Arts. Massachusetts Education Commissioner Patrick Tutwiler told NEPM, the results are both understandable and to some degree predictable. -
As the fire risk heightens in drought-stressed Vermont and New Hampshire, the U.S. Forest Service has positioned a firefighting helicopter at Lebanon Municipal Airport to improve response times. -
Connecticut has resumed the erasure of low-level criminal convictions for tens of thousands of residents. More than 100,000 convictions are expected to be cleared this month. -
As insurers pull out of Vermont’s Medicare Advantage market, tens of thousands of residents will have to find new coverage before the end of year. -
SchoolCare, a nonprofit insurer, sent invoices to 65 school districts and about 25 other public employers or insurers Wednesday to cover a $30 million shortfall. It cited an unanticipated spike in health care claims and pharmacy costs. -
An estimated 77,000 Granite Staters will be impacted, as major insurance carriers exit or reduce their coverage options.
