The City of Cambridge will spend nearly $22 million of federal funding on direct payments to low-income Cambridge families, Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui announced Wednesday. The money — allocated ...

The City of Cambridge announced the launch of “Rise Up Cambridge,” a direct cash program to combat family poverty and income inequality, at a news conference Tuesday. Rise Up Cambridge is a $22 ...

When people hear the phrase “low income,” Cara Gows imagines many probably think of those who work for minimum wage or those who don’t work much at all. In Massachusetts, where she lives, she said, ...

CAMBRIDGE - Giving money directly to low-income families in Cambridge paid off in more ways than one, researchers say. Results of the Cambridge RISE pilot program, a guaranteed income initiative which ...

CAMBRIDGE - Single mom, Lida Griffin, lost two jobs during the pandemic and struggled to watch her kids while providing for her family. "It was a struggle to work, try to be able to provide for my ...

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It started with one of those "you're so ugly" insults kids throw around when they're feeling mean. Deven, then a fifth-grader in the Cambridge Public Schools, blew up. "I threw my lunch tray at a kid, ...

Eversource breaks ground on first-of-its-kind transmission program with infrastructure that will be completely underground, more resilient to the effects of climate change, and help support ...

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Corrected: An earlier article provided incorrect information on expansion plans for the Miami-Dade County, Fla., school system. Within three years, the district expects to have Cambridge offerings in ...

Since its launch in July 2020, the Housing Stabilization Program has issued over $1.2 million in funds and helped over 200 households with housing costs in Cambridge. In the next six months, the ...