It’s the situation that arises when a giant corporation like GE wants extraordinary amounts of state money to site facilities in the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts
HOW A MOTORIST IN LAWRENCE WAS NEARLY KILLED FOR REQUESTING THAT A COP IDENTIFY HIMSELF
THE OTHER BOSTON CITY HALL EXTORTION STORY
How Boston officials put police pressure on cannabis activists
WITH RESIGNATION OF BLS HEADMASTER, SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER
The world outside of Latin School would still have no idea about any of this if not for some extremely brave students
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 8
The terms of the essentially secret deal that led to this situation—brokered by high public officials and GE leadership with no public oversight whatsoever—are already being violated.
KILL SHOT: YEARS OF STATE AUSTERITY BUDGETS PUT UMASS BOSTON IN JEOPARDY
Community needs to join Faculty Staff Union movement for a return to full funding
UNACCOMMODATING: A BLS STORY
The Hub’s most elite high school has been under growing scrutiny for its apparent neglect to properly address a culture of racial intolerance. While federal investigators probe that issue, this story of a former Boston Latin School student with special needs raises additional points of concern about another minority population at BLS.
AUSTERITY BUDGET, PART 4
There is no protection from the budget ax for programs that benefit huge numbers of Bay State residents.
STATE OF THE BOSTON COMEDY UNION
Seven comics. Two hours. One historic summit on the state of stand-up comedy in the Hub.
BROKEN RECORDS: THE SECRETARY OF SECRECY, PART III
Testimony from state’s agency that oversees the public records law shows how little they care about the public’s access to records