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Massachusetts is planning to shutter MCI-Concord, the state’s oldest prison for men

Jan. 24, 2024 17:26 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is planning to shutter MCI-Concord, the state's oldest prison for men, as it continues to see a drop in the prison population statewide. Closing the medium security facility, which opened in 1878, will save the state about $16 million a year according to...

Editorial Roundup: New England

Jan. 12, 2024 15:21 PM EST

Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. January 11, 2024. Editorial: A great gamble Gov. Phil Scott said what needed to be said during his State of the State address on Thursday. The four-term Republican told lawmakers of all stripes that Vermont cannot keep on the path it is on...