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Massachusetts Bill, Victim Advocates Call For Coordinated Date-Rape Drug Response

Written by KENDALL POLIDORI Posted May 25, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Greater Boston bars and venues are grappling with a rise in involuntary drugged drinks, but procedures for addressing future incidents are in sight

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Boston, Cambridge, Cambridge License Commission, concerts, date rape drugs, GHB, Music, spiked drinks, Venues

Dancing On Banana Peels: Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted May 17, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I am now in the same predicament as I was when I first got out of prison.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, criminal justice reform, Massachusetts, parole, Parole Board, prisons, Suffolk Superior

Family Of Woman Killed By Commuter Rail Sues MBTA For Crash Records

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted May 4, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T

There are many stories about people getting hurt and killed by trains. This one’s about what their families may endure in the pursuit of answers and justice

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T Tagged With: Beacon Hill, commuter rail, Keolis, killed, Massachusetts, MBTA, T, transit, Wilmington

So Much For Contracts: State Report Blasts MBTA Contractor

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted February 7, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Company hired to run Transit Police dispatch service under-delivered, charged extra, and kept inadequate records, according to inspector general's report

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, contractors, features, inspector general, MBTA, news, privatization, transit

Mass Higher Ed Advocates Urge More Investment In Students 

Written by CICI YU Posted January 27, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“A college degree is one of the best ways to help a student from a low-income background become economically stable.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, higher education, news

Inbox: Mass Lawmakers File Bill To Decriminalize Home Growing Of Psychedelic Plants

Written by TALKING JOINTS MEMO Posted January 26, 2023 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

“Education and harm reduction are always a better strategy than criminalization.”

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, psychedelics, Talking Joints Memo

Does Massachusetts Underestimate Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Written by JON LAMSON Posted January 17, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Shortcomings in the state’s greenhouse gas inventory pose issues for energy planning

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Environment, features, greenhouse gas, Massachusetts, news

GLX Is Here! Celebrating And Looking Ahead

Written by BY STATE REP. CHRISTINE P. BARBER Posted January 9, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T

The Green Line Extension will have an immediate impact on the lives, economy and health of people living here, but there’s still work to be done

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T Tagged With: Beacon Hill, GLX, Green Line Extension, Medford, news, news to us, SOMERVILLE

Exclusive: Cheryl Amirault LeFave On Reentry, Punitive Probation & Withdrawn Pardon

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted December 22, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Everything that I came across for 40 years has been a battle.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, Governor's Council, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, pardon, parole, prison, probation

Pesticides Now Permitted In Massachusetts Cannabis Cultivation

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 5, 2022 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

“Because hemp and marijuana are both cannabis and only distinguished through law by the THC level, MDAR will allow the use on hemp to extend to marijuana as well.”

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, cannabis, Massachusetts, MDAR, pesticides, Talking Joints Memo

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