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AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing”

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 15, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The “review is focused on racial disparities in the rates at which people are stopped and frisked”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, Andrea Campbell, attorney general, BINJ, Boston, Boston Police, BPD, features, news, Youth Violence Strike Force

The (Massachusetts Taxpayer-Funded) Finer Things Club 

Written by COLMAN HERMAN Posted April 18, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

How state officials enjoy everything from dinner to satellite radio to a pricey home desk chair on your dime

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Massachusetts, news, Politics

Addressing The Aftermath Of February’s Clean Harbors Chemical Fire

Written by JON LAMSON Posted April 4, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

State’s response follows long history of environmental injustice around the Fore River Basin

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Braintree, Clean harbors, Environment, fire, Fore River Basin, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, news, Quincy, south shore, Weymouth

Amid Multiple Crises, MBTA Fields Pitches For New Agency Marketing Campaign

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted March 30, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“You don’t want to be too rosy but I actually think they can do a better job of highlighting the work they have done.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Eng, Healey, marketing, MBTA, news, news to us, Pesaturo

As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-year-olds, Will Race Matter?

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted February 14, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases in policing, prosecution, and sentencing.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, Governor's Council, news, news to us, parole, prison

In The Red: Med Men Needs An Ambulance

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted February 8, 2023 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

Some cannabis highflyers are stumbling. Could this be the first MSO to fail?

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: business, Dispensaries, NECANN, New York, news

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 Bill Would Establish Internal Audit Unit Within Cannabis Control Commission

Written by AMY BENDER Posted February 2, 2023 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

“Shall monitor the quality, efficiency and integrity of the commission’s operations, including but not limited to …”

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, news, regulation, Worcester

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

Guest Opinion: Promoting Metal Detectors In BPS Perpetuates Dangerous Narrative

Written by JAKIRA ROGERS Posted January 26, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

When these factors are not explicitly named and acknowledged, one demonstrates a gap in understanding that racism perpetuates disproportionate outcomes for Black and Brown populations.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: BPS, news, opinion

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