
How A High-Stakes Showdown Ended In A Rare Governor’s Council ‘No’ Vote
Following the Memorial Drive shooting, the nomination tested a new council’s ability to bring more checks and balances to the Massachusetts Parole Board

Following the Memorial Drive shooting, the nomination tested a new council’s ability to bring more checks and balances to the Massachusetts Parole Board

Features by Jacob Schles and Chris Faraone are supported by the Data-Driven Reporting Project (DDRP) at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism

The commonwealth will receive more than a billion dollars for opioid remediation—none of it is for the state’s most vulnerable drug-dependent population

“I cannot imagine teaching … in 2025 without being able to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza”

Three recent high-level orders make it clear that the Trump administration is feeling the pressure from grassroots activists and the free press

“This is, in a very strange way, my love letter to the city of Boston saying, ‘Thank you so much, let’s have some fun, and let’s do comics.’”

Next up, our focus will expand to examining whether remediation funds have made a difference in the fight against addiction