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KENDALL POLIDORI

COORDINATED RESPONSE

Greater Boston bars and venues are grappling with a rise in involuntary drugged drinks, but procedures for addressing future incidents are in sight “When you raise awareness, if you even help prevent one person from getting drugged, then that’s a good thing.” Amidst a rash of incidents in which people

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KENDALL POLIDORI May 24, 2023
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DAY-LONG HEARING ON CORRECTIONS SEES PLEAS FOR FREE CALLS AND AN END TO LIFE W/OUT PAROLE

150-plus Advocates testify about “broken” Mass criminal legal system

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JEAN TROUNSTINE October 7, 2021
DAN ATKINSON

MASS SPENT MILLIONS ON COVID CONSULTANTS TO RATIONALIZE LETTING EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRE

Documents obtained from state show contractors misrepresented expert predictions, saw sunshine around every corner

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DAN ATKINSON July 12, 2021
DAN ATKINSON

MORE MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR NO-BID COVID CONTRACTS FOR MASSACHUSETTS

Tasks have included advising on vaxx rollout and making a “playbook” for “high-risk” communities

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DAN ATKINSON May 5, 2021
JULIET ISSELBACHER

PSYCHEDELIC SYNERGY

You’re not hallucinating—there is actually agreement and momentum toward psychedelic decriminalization in Mass.

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JULIET ISSELBACHER March 9, 2021
DAKOTA ANTELMAN

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE COMMITMENTS

Some who are civilly committed for addiction in Mass face abusive prison conditions. Still, some families say it’s better than the alternative

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DAKOTA ANTELMAN February 11, 2021
DAN ATKINSON

INSIDE THE BATTLE OVER A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON FOR MASSACHUSETTS

“Either they don’t have people with the right expertise in charge of this process, making very embarrassing bumbles, or you literally are trying to circumvent the process.”

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DAN ATKINSON February 8, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DISPATCH FROM THE DISASTROUS DOC HEARING ON ITS SNAIL MAIL OVERHAUL

Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 1, 2021
DAN ATKINSON

POLITICALLY CONNECTED CONSULTANTS WIN LARGE COVID SCHOOL CONTRACTS IN MASS

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

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DAN ATKINSON November 1, 2020
Beacon Hill prison reform
JEAN TROUNSTINE

MASS CONSIDERS LEGISLATION TO AID PRISONERS, ENCOURAGE FAMILY CONTACT

“When COVID first started, I didn’t hear from him. You don’t know what it feels like to not know if your loved one is alive or dead.”

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JEAN TROUNSTINE June 22, 2020
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