A bill before the Massachusetts Legislature would establish a legislative commission to study communities "underserved by local journalism" and "review all aspects of local journalism" including "the adequacy of press coverage of cities and towns."
Massachusetts Senate Bill 80 calls for the proposed commission to come up with "strategies to improve local news access, public policy solutions to improve the sustainability of local press business models and private and nonprofit solutions, and identifying career pathways and existing or potential professional development opportunities for aspiring journalists in Massachusetts."
Police in Manchester, New Hampshire are looking for a man who they say stuffed a ukulele down his shorts and then ran out the store without paying for it.
Police posted grainy surveillance camera photos on Sunday, July 28 of the man on the department's Facebook page. A slight bulge appears in the photo, which was taken from above.
