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IndyMass: October 16, 2026
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #70. EDUCATION WPS in Brief:
Massachusetts Question 9: Staring Down The Ballot Of A Gun
This year, a “yes” vote on Question 9 will uphold An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws. A “no” vote will un-modernize them.
Beyond The Bachelor’s: First Massachusetts In-Prison Graduate Program Launches
Supported by a $500,000 Mellon grant, Emerson College’s new initiative at MCI-Norfolk aims to transform reentry outcomes and higher education in prison.
Question 2 Could Give Public Defenders The Right To Unionize
(Special to BINJ.News) – Massachusetts residents will vote next month on whether employees at the Committee for Public Counsel Services—the state agency for public defenders
Massachusetts Doesn’t Have A Public Database Of Ethics Disclosures, So He Made One
When you break it down, you discover these disclosures are actually filed in hundreds of shared drives and filing cabinets across the commonwealth.
South Bay Guards Killed Shacoby Kenny Last December. Why Are They Still Working?
BINJ is providing a fuller description of those events here based on the accounts of two witnesses, in order to inform the public about the
Editor’s Note: Have a DAF? BINJ Can Use Your Donation.
A DAF, a donor-advised fund, is “a charitable giving vehicle administered by a public charity created to manage charitable donations on behalf of organizations, families,
IndyMass: October 2, 2026
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #69. ARTS Film Review: “NAZA”
Can Question 7’s Zoning Reform Ease The Mass Housing Crisis?
“Allowing homes on smaller lots reduces the cost of homes for buyers and makes it so that developers don’t have to build giant McMansions just
Prosecuted By The DA, Exonerated By DNA: Tommy Rosa’s Story Of Wrongful Incarceration In Mass
“Tommy was just 24 years old [when he was charged with the murder] … He had a young son and another on the way. He
The Invisible Registry: Why Mass Remains A National Outlier In Missing Persons Transparency
This is the second installment in a series on the shocking lack of standards around cases that involve missing children in Massachusetts.
Editor’s Note: BINJ Joins Class-Action Lawsuit Against AI Giants
This topic deserves a more substantial piece; so this one is just a placeholder note for BINJ.News readers until I crank out a deeper dive.