Inside the long-running lawsuit over police misconduct records that continues to cost taxpayers
Worcester’s Wasteful, Never-Ending War on Police Transparency
The “Biggest Masshole In Massachusetts” Is Running For Secretary Of State
Meet the GOP candidate who spews misinformation, wants to jail teachers and librarians, and tries to ruin events for children
A WIN FOR TRANSPARENCY AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN MASS
“We don’t go into things looking to file lawsuits, but when we feel like people have not followed the law, we challenge them.”
FALLOUT 10: ON NBC BOSTON’S SYMPATHETIC TREATMENT OF TROOPER VIOLATING VAXX MANDATE
The real story is not that one state cop held a made-for-TV event in her driveway—it’s that the vaccine mandate is working.
REQUEST LINE: THE FIGHT FOR A BETTER PUBLIC RECORDS LAW IN MASS CONTINUES
A proposed tweak to the regulations governing access to public records in Massachusetts could mean more fees for journalists and others who regularly request government records
BIG NEWS: SJC RULES MASS AGENCIES CAN’T WITHHOLD FEDERAL RECORDS
“If Massachusetts agencies could skirt the public records law by characterizing the receipt of documents as a loan, that would have been [an] invitation to a substantial amount of mischief.”
SJC WEIGHS RECORDS CASE RELATED TO BPD-FBI KILLING OF USAAMAH RAHIM
"Now more than ever, family members and the wider community must have access to all public records when officers are investigated for misconduct—especially when they are cleared of wrongdoing.”
BROKEN RECORDS: MONKEY WRENCHING
A rare win on the public records front in Mass
BROKEN RECORDS: COLD CASE, COLDER SHOULDER
Why won’t the Worcester DA release a 66-year-old murder file?
LAB RATS AND REPARATIONS
Prosecutors are dismissing nearly 24,000 tainted drug convictions, but do their actions go far enough?
