Karen Brown

1 week ago | nepm.org | Karen Brown

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email 1 of 4  — pride photo - marching.jpg Several thousand people attended the 2025 Hampshire Pride parade and festival in Northampton, Mass. Karen Brown / NEPM 2 of 4  — pride photo - headphones.jpg Several thousand people attended the 2025 Hampshire Pride parade and festival in Northampton, Mass.

3 weeks ago | nepm.org | Karen Brown

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email AlexiusHoratius / Creative Commons Springfield City Hall, Springfield, Mass. Springfield’s housing department could lose out on millions of dollars for environmental projects, as the Trump administration fails to honor federal contracts.

1 month ago | nepm.org | Karen Brown

One of the law firms that made a controversial deal with President Donald Trump is getting angry pushback from former associates — including one Springfield housing leader. In 1990, Gerry McCafferty was a fellow at the international law firm known as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. McCafferty said the fellowship allowed her to give free legal services to homeless people and set her on a path to her current job as Springfield’s housing director.

1 month ago | kffhealthnews.org | Karen Brown

Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west of Boston, for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, though she started to notice it was becoming harder to get an appointment. “You’d call and you’re talking about weeks to a month,” Andrews said. That’s not surprising, as many workplace surveys show the supply of primary care doctors has fallen well below the demand, especially in rural areas such as western Massachusetts.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Karen Brown

Community health centers say they are often overlooked when people search for medical providers, even though they are open to everyone. But now they are worried health services could be severely reduced under the Trump administration.