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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Unions representing the Advancement division at the University of Massachusetts are taking their appeal for keeping 100 or more workers from losing their state employment to Gov. Maura Healey, asking her to intervene in the ongoing situation...

I was horrified but not surprised by the article describing drivers failing to stop for school buses stopped to pick up or discharge passengers [“Safety on the line,” Recorder, May 3]. Kudos to the Leverett parents who are calling attention to the...

The Healey Administration has proposed raising the estate tax exemption to $3 million. They tie this proposal to worries about Massachusetts losing population. I’m having trouble wrapping my head around this theory. We know that many people leave our...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A mandate for students, faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is ending.“Effective July 1, 2023, the university will no longer require faculty, staff and students to receive a COVID-19...

By SUSAN J. TRACY

In addition to the recent carnage in Nashville, last spring 18-year-old shooters in separate incidents killed 10 adults in Buffalo, New York, and 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, 10 days apart. Both shooters were using semiautomatic...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — On Earth Day in 2022, University of Massachusetts Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy announced an ambitious goal to make the Amherst campus net-zero for carbon emissions, prioritizing sustainability throughout all of its operations.A year after...

By RAZVAN SIBII

For three months now, I have been writing a series of columns about the myths, misunderstandings and disinformation surrounding the issue of immigration. I’ve been building my arguments on information acquired through close to two dozen interviews I...

By BOB FLAHERTY

AMHERST — It’s fitting that those who knew John Olver and worked with him during his 40 years of public service would gather to honor the late congressman’s memory at a place named for him — the John W. Olver Design Center at the University of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Traffic fatalities were up more than 10% year-over-year nationally in 2021, as the per-mile rate of deaths for Black and Hispanic Americans remains much higher than the per-mile rate of deaths for white Americans. Those of low socioeconomic...

I am grateful that for 10 years I have found comfort and hope within the United Church of Christ (UCC), an open and affirming denomination and a national partner with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and a Third...

I was watching a member of Congress, Josh Hawley, famous for his fist-raised support of insurrectionists on January 6, talk about guns after the recent Nashville massacre, including three 9-year-olds. He said that the AK-47s are used for sporting...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — National Soccer Hall of Fame goalkeeper Briana Scurry, a 1993 University of Massachusetts graduate who led UMass to a Final Four that year, will be the keynote speaker at the UMass commencement next month.Considered a trailblazer for African...

Recently, Stavros participated in the State House education day explaining the need for eliminating the Medicaid’s Estate Recovery Program. This Medicaid program reclaims the accumulated costs Medicaid has spent on an individual with a disability...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Incoming University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes is aiming to keep the flagship campus — which he said was already excelling under its current leadership — a place students want to attend for its strong academics and an...

By ALAN KANNER

Two months after President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, here is another address and it is essential that another State of the Union be heard. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to inform you that the State of the Union has weakened. Not since the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has unveiled a new seal featuring the spire of the Old Chapel and a new brand mark designed to give the flagship Amherst campus its own identity within the University of Massachusetts system.The...

One of the main people quoted in the March 27 front-page article in the Recorder, “Views mixed on youth crime,” is Citizens for Juvenile Justice Executive Director Leon Smith, who said “The pandemic really did a number on our communities, from a...

I greatly appreciate U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern’s recent bill, “Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act,” that will fund nutritious lunches to all children in U.S. public schools. I laud his efforts to end hunger and improve nutrition in the United States as...

I was born in Vietnam, and it’s disappointing that I’ve never had the opportunity to assist conserving my country’s wildlife. Every year, chemical waste, dust, and pollution devastate Vietnam’s freshwater ecology. As the rainy season arrives, I’ve...

By RAZVAN SIBII

“But, uncle,” you say, “your own great-grandmother was an immigrant! If she hadn’t come to America, we wouldn’t be here!”“Sure, but she came the right way! She didn’t cross the border illegally,” comes the inevitable answer.You know better than to...