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Are Substantive Due Process Rights Next on the Supreme Court’s Chopping Block?
Ever since the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022, stripping abortion protection from the Fourteenth Amendment, scholars have warned that other rights grounded in that same constitutional provision could be next.
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Grinchmas Returns to Springfield Museums
THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS are located on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street in the heart of downtown Springfield, MA. Reaccredited in 2023 by the American Alliance of Museums (only 3% of the nation’s museums earn this distinction), the Smithsonian-affiliated consortium of museums includes the Springfield Science Museum, the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine…
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Caring Health Center Welcomes Dr. Abraham Thomas as Chief Medical Officer
SPRINGFIELD – Caring Health Center announces, effective immediately, the appointment of Dr. Abraham Thomas, MD, MPH, as its new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Thomas brings more than two decades of distinguished clinical and executive leadership experience, including past positions as System Chair of Medicine at Baystate Health, Chief Medical and Quality Officer at Central Maine…
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I’M PROUD OF MY SON
I started to title this article about my son Justin Hurst’s magnificent recent second place victory in his triumphant return to the Springfield City Council as some version of the mythical story of the Phoenix rising up from the ashes. But such an artificial description of how my son rose from defeat in the last…
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Tracye Whitfield Makes History as Next President of the Springfield City Council
On November 4, 2025, Tracye Whitfield was re-elected to the City Council to an at-large seat by the voters of Springfield, Massachusetts and the following day, she secured the seven votes needed to become the next President of that body, marking a historic moment for the city of Springfield.
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Free Summer Eats Meal Program Returns to Springfield to Keep Kids and Teens Nourished All Summer Long
With the school year having ended on June 23rd, Chartwell K12, Springfield Public Schools, and Home Grown Springfield are helping ensure that no child goes hungry this summer through the Summer Eats Free Meals Program.
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