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By MICHAEL P. NORTON

No-bid emergency food and transportation service procurements followed a failure by state officials to assess and react to a spike in demand for shelter services, according audit results released Tuesday.

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON – A bill pumping another $425 million into the state’s overburdened emergency family shelter system landed on Gov. Maura Healey’s desk Wednesday, more than three weeks after administration officials said they ran out of funding to pay providers for new services.

By SAM DRYSDALE

In a state where over 10% of the population lives in poverty, activists, public officials and members of the public have now pitched solutions to the problem to the lawmakers tasked with coming up with solutions.A legislative commission charged with...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Last week, the Downtown Vitality Committee spoke with Police Chief Craig Lundgren about concerns they have regarding people using the long-closed municipal parking garage of off Exchange and South streets as a temporary shelter.Lundgren said...

By RUIHAN YANG

After years of being homeless, Amy “adapted” to living on the streets under insecurity.“I thought I wasn’t going to wake up, but I woke up, and I’m fine. The more I feel adapted to staying outside without a person that stays with me, the more I...