Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, regulation. Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. Their average consequence score of 5 runs below the beat's 6.4 for that window.
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What the coverage shows about UMass
Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, regulation. Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. Their average consequence score of 5 runs below the beat's 6.4 for that window. Each story carries 2 original sources on average, compared with 3.3 for the broader beat in this window. UMass appears in 1 tracked Legal story from March 13, 2026.
Stories tracked
1
Sources per story
2
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 42 Legal stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Appears alongside
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering UMass. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Massachusetts legislators convened at UMass Amherst to debate Governor Maura Healey's FY27 budget proposal, focusing on critical investments in rail and road infrastructure. The hearing highlights the regulatory and fiscal challenges of expanding regional connectivity while addressing a significant maintenance backlog across the Commonwealth.