James Noyes

Daily Hampshire Gazette — The rising cost of healthcare continues to be a primary issue in modern America, and many people feel that the federal and state governments are not doing enough to combat the problem. In response, organizations, communities and public officials across New England are working toward a solution of their own: pushing for a single-payer healthcare [...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette — BOSTON - When the state Senate passed a long-awaited sweeping teacher preparation and student literacy bill late last month, it also unanimously approved an amendment aimed at leveling the playing field for rural schools. By adopting the measure championed by Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, the new bill would ensure that rural and minimum-aid school districts [...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette — BOSTON - Cancer survivors convened on Beacon Hill late last month to deliver emotional testimony alongside advocates and lawmakers, urging passage of bills to expand access to biomarker testing and patient navigation services as an estimated 43,000 Massachusetts residents are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year.

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Repeating the mantra that "food is medicine," U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is leading a bipartisan effort urging congressional appropriators to make healthy food and good nutrition a core pillar of the nation's health care system. "I believe that food is a human right. And I also believe that the United States has kind of lagged [...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette — BOSTON - "Quabbin - Yesterday and Today" is an exhibit documenting the Quabbin Reservoir through photographs of the area, from both the modern day and before the reservoir was created. The photographs and accompanying captions are on display in the Massachusetts Statehouse Senate Gallery until the end of May.

MetroWest Daily News — Rising health care costs and the federal government’s failure to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies have reinvigorated efforts to implement universal health care in Massachusetts. “The changes to the ACA on the federal level, and the increase in premiums and the end of subsidies is also creating more panic on the state level,” state Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, D-Northampton, said in a March interview. She is co-sponsoring a measure sitting in the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Care Financing to establish a Medicare for All system in Massachusetts...

Daily Hampshire Gazette — BOSTON - A panel of state educators, legislators, and a national education expert shared perspectives and answered questions raised by parents and teachers about the Right to Read Act at a State House roundtable last week. The discussion, hosted by Educators for Excellence, included Boston Public School principal Antonelli Mejia, state Sen.