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As part of a national class action lawsuit, drug companies and pharmacies have to pay $1 billion to Massachusetts over 18 years. Sixty percent of the money goes to the state to distribute, and 40 percent to cities and towns directly.

Western Massachusetts and other parts of the region have been stuck in a hot, humid weather pattern over the last week, which has produced some heavy thunderstorms.

Vermont is joining 19 other states in suing the Trump administration over its efforts to end FEMA funding for disaster preparation.

New Hampshire is one of at least nine states targeted by the Justice Department seeking access to voting information, including lists of voters. State officials say they have denied the request, citing New Hampshire confidentiality laws.

Symptoms of tick-borne illnesses are often non-specific, including fatigue, fever or a headache. That's why doctors say hypervigilance is important.

Innis, now a state senator, has run for Congress twice previously, and was the dean of UNH’s business school.

After a prospective deal to sell the long-vacant Calvin Theater in Northampton, Mass., evaporated, the city's license commission is offering up the building's liquor license.

The New Canaan Land Trust Firefly Sanctuary has two things fireflies need: darkness and woodlands — both of which are becoming harder to find.

A similar bill passed the house in 2022, but was not taken up by the Senate. And there's another push on Beacon Hill to restrict how the technology is used by law enforcement.

The book ban bill vetoed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte would have allowed parents to request books, films, and other items that depicted nudity and sexual contact to be removed from their child's school.