
Beacon Hill’s Blindest Spot: Can The Governor’s Council Reverse A Century Of Oversight?
A Massachusetts State House briefing sheds light on a crucial body that still operates in darkness, and points out the need for reform—on the ballot

A Massachusetts State House briefing sheds light on a crucial body that still operates in darkness, and points out the need for reform—on the ballot

“Our goal was to really make the meetings and the access to the public as similar as possible to the way it’s been.”

We traced 500-plus Mass properties to fewer than 20 Delaware addresses. Will this costly loophole ever close?

Like the state government’s contract for no-bid saliva tests, the contract with McKinsey was issued without going through the standard bidding process

“People need to reimagine what’s possible in terms of exercising outside, riding to work when it’s colder.”

“I cannot be silent when I helped to bring about the conviction of a man for the wrong crime”
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Chris Faraone joined cohort from Data-Driven Reporting Project at Northwestern University