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Massachusetts

JEAN TROUNSTINE

GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL SIGNALS LANDMARK COMMUTATION LOOMS

Tom Koonce (left) and his son, Thomas Andrews, circa 2018, taken at MCI Norfolk “You had one really horrible day and you paid dearly but I think you paid enough.” On Jan. 26, 54-year-old prisoner Thomas Koonce, a former US Marine who was born in Brockton, spent nine-and-a-half hours at

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JEAN TROUNSTINE January 27, 2022
BINJ 2021 Holiday Fundraiser a Success!
JASON PRAMAS

BINJ HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER A SUCCESS

Raised over $40,000 thanks to our many supporters–and the work of our staff, board, journalists, and volunteers Finding funding for producing—or training people to produce or generally trying to “save”—journalism at the state and local level is no picnic. In the nearly seven years since Chris Faraone, John Loftus, and

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JASON PRAMAS January 12, 2022
MAYA SHAFFER

HOW THE COMMONWEALTH CONTINUES DRIFT AWAY FROM TRANSPARENCY

  This is what happens when you try asking the second largest city in Mass and state officials to adhere to basic public records laws Across Massachusetts, today is actually tomorrow. Except in Worcester, where it’s already the day after tomorrow. But if that would make it the weekend, then

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MAYA SHAFFER December 13, 2021
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JASON PRAMAS

SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM IN NOV & DEC, FIRST $10,000 MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR

Two-month Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism fundraiser to be amplified by the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Miami Foundation My message is simple this time out: Please give generously to the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism in November or December at givetobinj.org—and be aware that every individual donation of

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JASON PRAMAS November 3, 2021
Screenshot of the original ad version of this opinion article in the Somerville Times. Courtesy of Joe Lynch.
JOE LYNCH

OPINION: ON SOMERVILLE’S NOVEMBER 2ND BALLOT, ABOLISH THE SOMERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT – YES OR NO?

“[T]he repeated message from the Democratic Socialists of America-Boston candidates for office in Somerville is clear: the outright abolition of the Somerville Police Department.”

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JOE LYNCH October 22, 2021
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 SEEKS TO CREATE AI TASK FORCE, WON’T PUBLICLY NAME APPOINTEES

“This body does not seem to be centering issues related to accountability, justice, racial discrimination or other forms of bias.”

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DAN ATKINSON August 18, 2021
EMILEE KLEIN

THE FLOOD: MASS HAS A RUNOFF PROBLEM. WHAT’S BEING DONE?

Thanks to stormwater pollution, Dirty Water’s more than just a theme song. It’s a way of life.

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EMILEE KLEIN July 25, 2021
SOPHIE YARIN

SPECIAL FEATURE: SWAMPSCOTT VS. SHIMMY

The prosecution of Ernst Jean-Jacques Jr. on the North Shore is a clear example of a Black Lives Matter activist being targeted by local law enforcement. Without national attention on the case, authorities are playing by their own rules.

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SOPHIE YARIN July 20, 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
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