hurricane maria

More than 200 families from Puerto Rico have re-settled in New Bedford following devastating hurricanes last year

Gov. Baker says $15 million of state education funds will be available to districts that enrolled evacuee students from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Darlene Spencer, of the United Way of Greater New Bedford, joins  Jim to discuss the relocation of more than 200 families to New Bedford from Puerto Rico, following Hurricane Maria.

New Bedford Police Detective Gene Fortes was among the community leaders who brought donations from New Bedford to help nearly 4,000 struggling families in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker plans to recommend $15 million in additional state funding for school districts that are educating students displaced by hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Republican told the Massachusetts Municipal Association on Friday that he planned to make the request in his annual state budget proposal next week. ...

City needs to step in to support displaced families from Puerto Rico.

Public colleges and universities in Massachusetts are offering in-state tuition rates to victims of Hurricane Maria through spring 2018.

Gov. Charlie Baker plans to request additional school funding from the Legislature to help cities such as New Bedford pay for the education of hundreds of children who have arrived from Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria.

City Councilor Hugh Dunn is calling on the city to temporarily open its emergency overflow shelter to evacuees from Puerto Rico.

A show of support Friday evening outside New Bedford City Hall for the people of Puerto Rico. City officials took part in a ceremony, raising the Puerto Rican flag in support of that beleagured U.S.Territory, and the efforts made in New Bedford to help Puerto Rico following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria...