Massachusetts lawmakers with policing backgrounds say the confrontation between activists and ICE agents in Worcester underscores the need for first responders to have the power to create a buffer zone from unruly bystanders.

The state’s top housing official was in Worcester to give an update on efforts to increase the supply of affordable housing in Massachusetts.

All Central Massachusetts municipalities saw their estimated populations increase. Statewide, sixty-one communities lost population year over year. The biggest loss, both in terms of raw total and percent change, was Concord, whose population shrunk 181 people or roughly 1%.

Leah Foley, Massachusetts' top federal prosecutor, threatens legal action against those hindering ICE following a disruptive incident in Worcester.

An ICE arrest in Worcester has raised tensions in the city after one woman was taken into federal custody and local police arrested two others. WBUR's Simón Rios spoke with people who have starkly different versions of how the events unfolded.

Tess Lukey is bringing her Worcester roots and her Wampanoag heritage, to the first Boston Public Art Triennial.

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