Simon Rios

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey pardons marijuana possession convictions

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey issued sweeping pardons forgiving possession of marijuana convictions. It would not apply to charges of distribution, trafficking or driving under the influence.

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6-time Super Bowl champ Bill Belichick is leaving as Patriots coach

Thursday, January 11, 2024

One of the winningest coaches in NFL history, six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick is leaving as coach of the New England Patriots after a 24-year tenure that made the team a football dynasty.

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Community land trusts are providing a solution to gentrification

Sunday, April 09, 2023

Gentrification is making it harder for some people to stay in their neighborhoods. One solution: community land trusts, which buy up properties and then keep the homes there affordable.

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Mobile home residents buy their park, protecting themselves from eviction

Friday, December 23, 2022

Mobile home park residents often face eviction when parks are sold. Some states give residents first rights to buy them, and a nonprofit helps with financing. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 12, 2022.)

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Mobile home residents buy their park, protecting themselves from eviction

Monday, December 12, 2022

Residents of mobile home parks often face eviction when the parks sell. The parks are expensive, but some residents are getting help to buy them.

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At a Mass. mobile home park, residents are evicted for a new housing development

Monday, December 12, 2022

Residents of mobile home parks are losing their places to live as new investors buy up park land for redevelopment. Residents typically own their homes, but not the land they sit on.

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Migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard are being rehoused in Cape Cod

Saturday, September 17, 2022

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis flew 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard Wednesday to protest immigration policy. Local authorities have now moved them to a military base nearby.

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Boston's Orange Line will be shut down for a month for repairs

Friday, August 19, 2022

Users of major mass transit line in Boston had to find a new way to get around starting Friday morning. The T's Orange Line is closed for a month for major repairs that many say were long overdue.

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Annoying foggy glasses contribute to an increase in corrective eye surgery

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Lasik surgery practices are seeing a big increase in clients. People have grown tired of having their glasses fog up every time they put on a mask.

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Flood insurance rates are skyrocketing in inland locations

Sunday, December 05, 2021

Flood insurance rates are going up in many parts of the country. The escalating costs are hitting home owners in surprising places.

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Massachusetts Is Modifying Triple-Deckers To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Monday, March 29, 2021

Buildings account for about 12% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Massachusetts is trying to reduce that by retrofitting the state's iconic triple-deckers.

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Wayfair Employees Walk Out To Protest Sales To Immigrant Detention Facilities

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Employees of furniture maker Wayfair staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest sales of beds to detention facilities along the Southern border.

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Sentencing Approaches for New England's 'Codfather'

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Carlos Rafael was a fishing magnate in America's most lucrative port. As he faces sentencing for a scheme to cheat fishing quotas, many worry about the fate of local jobs if his empire is dismantled.

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Affordable Housing Market Hurt By Tax Overhaul Uncertainty

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

The prospect of Trump's tax overhaul has cut the value of low-income housing tax credits 10 to 15 percent. Funding for units across the U.S. is in question, and less housing will be built as a result.

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Restaurants Cook Up A New Way To Pay Kitchen Staff More: A Cut Of Sales

Friday, March 31, 2017

Revenue sharing is taking off in restaurants in cities like Boston and San Francisco. The model varies from place to place, but the idea is simple: funnel a percentage of sales to kitchen workers.

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Restaurants Strive For Equitable Wages With Revenue Sharing

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Restaurants are trying "revenue sharing" in an attempt to close the wage gap between tipped and not tipped workers, and to help fix the labor shortage in Boston.

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10 Years After The New Bedford ICE Raid, Immigrant Community Has Hope

Monday, March 06, 2017

A decade ago, federal agents detained hundreds of workers in the massive immigration raid in New Bedford, Mass. But some say the raid brought the people of the community together.

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Art Exhibit Doubles As Used Book Store For Spanish Speakers

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

A traveling Spanish bookstore has opened in Boston, its eighth and last stop. The creator says the art installation responds to the disappearance of bookstores, and the "invisibility" of Spanish.

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One Step Closer To Collective Bargaining, Some Temp Workers Unionize

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

The labor board broadened the definition of joint employers — allowing temps, including many who are in the country illegally, to organize. But those immigrants face extra risk if bosses retaliate.

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The Future Of Massachusetts' Offshore Wind Farm Is Uncertain

Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Officials in Massachusetts bet big on wind energy, sinking $113 million into a waterfront terminal designed to serve the new industry off the New England coast. But Cape Wind is all but dead.

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