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GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING KEY TO PASSING JOURNALISM COMMISSION LAW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 7, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Laura Kiesel and Jordan Frias testify at the second journalism commission hearing, July 10, 2019. Photo courtesy of Sarah Betancourt.

Journalists mounted unusual lobbying effort to help beleaguered local news outlets

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge Day, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Free Press, grassroots, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, journalist, law, legislature, lobbying, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, Rep. Ed Coppinger, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Robert DeLeo, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Society of Professional Journalists

EDITOR’S NOTE: GLOVES OFF

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 11, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass pols will get no more favors from Dig on COVID response

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Chris Faraone, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, DigBoston, editorial, Election, governor, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, pandemic, Politics, Robert DeLeo

CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)

Written by Posted May 8, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, history, Journalism, licenses, licensing, Maine, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Massachusetts, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, ONA, Online News Association, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, statistics, straw purchasing, Virginia, wbur

CANNABIS STORIES THAT MASS MEDIA MUST HAVE MISSED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 10, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS

There is a troubling lack of institutional memory among those who report on weed, from the local to the national level.

Filed Under: COLUMNS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Bob DeLeo, cannabis, Commonwealth, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, prohibitionists, question 4, Robert DeLeo, State House, Winthrop

TALKING JOINTS MEMO: HEADLINES (8.9.17)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 9, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS

All of your New England cannabis headlines in one place plus much more

Filed Under: COLUMNS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Bob DeLeo, cannabis, Commonwealth, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, prohibitionists, question 4, Robert DeLeo, State House, Winthrop

DAVE’S NOT HERE: HOW A PROTEST AT SPEAKER DELEO’S HOUSE BECAME A PROXY FOR POLITICAL POSITIONING ON CANNABIS

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted July 6, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

Apparently a guy who will do anything for his boss, who can substantially increase the rep’s earning power with the right appointment, Rogers came out to defend the speaker and to attack angry voters.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Bob DeLeo, cannabis, Commonwealth, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, prohibitionists, question 4, Robert DeLeo, State House, Winthrop

AN OPEN INVITATION FOR BAKER, WALSH, AND DELEO

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 20, 2016 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Though the mayor’s behavior routinely reveals that he is blinded by a crude stubbornness on this issue, this past week all three of you exalted leaders stumbled face-first in the stupid pile with your Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: cannabis, Charlie Baker, Hynes Convention Center, Marijuana, Marty Walsh, medical marijuana, NECANN, NECC, Robert DeLeo

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