New England stories — April 2026

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Apr 30🐐 Jay Peak Uses Goats to Maintain Ski Trails
Apr 30🚰 Proposed Maine Water Rate Hike
Apr 30🚫 Massachusetts Weighs School Cell Phone Ban
Apr 30⚖️ NH Approves $2.6M Crime Victim Restitution System
Apr 29📉 Massachusetts Income Tax Cut Debate Intensifies
Apr 29⚖️ Maine Judge Blocks Augusta School Board Speech Rules
Apr 29⚖️ Connecticut Criminalizes Female Genital Mutilation
Apr 29🏥 Baystate Health to Acquire Mercy Medical Center
Apr 28💩 Rhode Island Sludge Plant Lawsuit Filed
Apr 28🍎 Maine Sets $50K Minimum Teacher Salary
Apr 28💉 Connecticut Safeguards Vaccine Access
Apr 28⚖️ Wellesley Mother Waives Extradition
Apr 27⚖️ NH Passes Crypto ATM Fraud Law
Apr 27🐸 NH Warns Drivers During Amphibian Migration
Apr 27🗳️ New England Leaders Blast Federal Voter Roll Seizure
Apr 27🚔 Police Swarm Attleboro Crash Scene
Apr 26🏠 Maine Extends Housing Tax Credit
Apr 26🏗️ Mills Vetoes Data Center Freeze
Apr 26🚆 $402M New Haven Station Plan Debated
Apr 26🔥 NH Drought Triggers Fire Warning
Apr 25🏛️ Massachusetts Legacy Admissions Ban Advances — Bill Targets College Equity 👇
Apr 25⚖️ Two Men Plead Guilty in Harvard Medical School Firework Case 👇
Apr 25⚖️ Man Convicted in NH Child Trafficking Case
Apr 25🚆 Debris Falls on RI Rail Line
Apr 24🗳️ CT House Approves No-Excuse Absentee Voting
Apr 24🏫 CT House Passes Homeschool Oversight
Apr 24🚔 Portland Launches Constable Patrols
Apr 24🚨 NH AG Warns of Deepfake Investment Scams
Apr 23🏫 Vermont School Funding Debate Intensifies
Apr 23🏗️ RI Moves Toward Washington Bridge Demolition
Apr 23🚗 MA Right-to-Repair Fight Continues
Apr 23🍩 Holy Donut Workers Vote to Unionize
Apr 22🏥 Lawmakers Push Hospital Security Changes
Apr 22⚖️ Portland Engineer Sues ICE
Apr 22🚔 NH Sex Trafficking Sentence
Apr 22🚨 17 Charged in Randolph Street Takeover
Apr 21🚕 Waymo Autonomous Testing Expands in NH
Apr 21🏗️ Court Orders GE to Continue Vineyard Wind Work
Apr 21🏃 Boston Marathon Champions Crowned
Apr 21🚔 Officer Shot in Ashland Traffic Stop
Apr 20🏛️ New Haven Weighs Residency Rule Change
Apr 20📉 NH Property Taxes Top Nation
Apr 20⚖️ Maine Joins Voting Rules Lawsuit
Apr 20🏃 Boston Marathon Draws 30K Runners
Apr 19⚖️ Vermont Sheriff Faces New Charges
Apr 19🚔 NH House Passes DUI Refusal Penalty Bill
Apr 19🪖 Patriots' Day Events Mark 251 Years
Apr 19🏃 Boston Marathon Weekend Begins
Apr 18🏫 Portland Students Stage Walkout
Apr 18🌬️ Judge Blocks GE From Leaving Vineyard Wind
Apr 18🏛️ NH Open Enrollment Plan Advances
Apr 18🪲 New Pest Mapping Model Studied in NH
Apr 17📋 Massachusetts Expands Immigrant Legal Aid
Apr 17🧬 DNA Identifies 1958 Missing Family
Apr 17⚖️ Massachusetts Faces $74M Highway Funding Loss
Apr 17🚨 Armed Man Arrested at Aetna HQ
Apr 16⚡ Vermont Debates Climate Targets
Apr 16🏗️ Maine Approves Data Center Rules
Apr 16🚆 NH Criticizes World Cup Train Fares
Apr 16🏥 CT Reviews Doctor Tied to Fatal Surgery
Apr 15🏠 Vermont Voucher Housing Gap Grows
Apr 15🏗️ Bridgeport Smokestack Demolition Delayed
Apr 15🦞 Maine Senators Challenge Ropeless Gear Plan
Apr 15🚨 NH Watchdog Alleges Abuse at SYSC
Apr 14⚖️ CT Juvenile Justice Faltering for Girls
Apr 14🕯️ Webster Community Mourns 10-Year-Old
Apr 14📋 Connecticut Unveils Major DCF Reform Bill
Apr 14💻 Vermont IT Overhaul Faces New Delays
Apr 13🌡️ April Heat Wave Sweeps New England
Apr 13🏛️ Federal Hearing on College Data Survey Challenge
Apr 13⚖️ CT House Passes Earmark Transparency Reform
Apr 13⚖️ Vermont High Court Suspends Addison Prosecutor
Apr 12🏛️ Maine GOP Field Narrows After Probe
Apr 12⚖️ Plea Deal Ends Death Penalty Risk
Apr 12⚖️ Vermont Court Suspends Prosecutor
Apr 12🚨 RI Plant Explosion Injures 13 Workers
Apr 11🏛️ Connecticut Joins Lawsuit Over Voting Order
Apr 11⚖️ Mass. High Court Allows Meta Lawsuit
Apr 11🚨 Postal Worker Airlifted After Medway Crash
Apr 11🌕 Connecticut Firm Powers Artemis II Return
Apr 10⚖️ Connecticut House Unanimously Backs Earmark Reform
Apr 10🏛️ Vermont Return-to-Office Mandate in Legal Limbo
Apr 10🎓 Federal Court Halts Education Data Survey
Apr 10🗳️ Ayotte Signs Strict New Voter ID Law
Apr 9⚖️ Burlington Man Sentenced in 2022 Stabbing
Apr 9⚡ Regulators Order $1.5B Utility Refunds
Apr 9🏫 Cranston Special Ed Staffer Charged with Assault
Apr 9🚨 NH TB Patient Rearrested Over Quarantine Violations
Apr 8⚖️ Survivors Urge End to Statute Limits
Apr 8🏛️ Lamont Withdraws John Shaban Nomination
Apr 8⚖️ Stepfather Charged in Death of Enfield Child
Apr 8💰 Boston Mayor Wu Unveils $4.9B Budget
Apr 7💊 Connecticut Team Wins National Overdose Strategy Award
Apr 7🎓 New Haven University Gets Saudi Campus Approval
Apr 7⚡ Utilities Ask FERC to Pause New England Refund Order
Apr 7🚆 MBTA Sets $80 World Cup Train Fare
Apr 6🏫 Water Damage Closes Poland School
Apr 6🛢️ CT Climate Bills Raise Energy Cost Fears
Apr 6🏠 Providence Rent Cap Faces Mayor Veto
Apr 6🗡️ Sword Attack Injures Boston Officer, Medic
Apr 5🗳️ Vermont Teen, 14, Qualifies for Governor Ballot
Apr 5🏀 Connecticut Sun Sold for $300M
Apr 5⚖️ DOJ Sues Harvard Over Campus Antisemitism
Apr 5🚨 NH Officer Shot, Suspect Killed After Manhunt
Apr 4⚽ RI Gets No World Cup Security Funding
Apr 4⚖️ Vermont AG Challenges Mail-In Ballot Order
Apr 4📋 MA House Budget Expected April 13
Apr 4☢️ All 6 New England Governors Back Nuclear Pact
Apr 3🏥 MA Economy Facing Triple Sector Strain
Apr 3🌍 NE Tourism Down Up to 60%
Apr 3🌍 Foreign Tourism Falling in New England
Apr 3⛽ CT Hits $4 Gas; MA Close Behind
Apr 2🦟 MA Requires Reporting of Tick Meat Allergy
Apr 2💰 Boston Faces $48M Budget Hole
Apr 2💻 Cyberattack Hits Central MA Dispatch
Apr 2⛽ NH Heating Oil Hits Record High
Apr 1🏛️ Portland Strips Nonprofits of Tax Breaks
Apr 1🌿 Vermont Defends Climate Superfund Law
Apr 1🏫 Boston Schools Cutting 400 Jobs
Apr 1⛽ MA Gas Nears $4