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The World Cup Was The Biggest BPD Overtime Event In Boston History

Any way you add it up, the 2026 World Cup yielded the most police overtime of any event series in Boston history.

CHRIS FARAONE AND EAMON CORBO November 5, 2026

Massachusetts Conservationists Are Split On Question 6

This story was originally published by The Shoestring. BINJ is collaborating with the Western Mass publication to cover this year’s extraordinary nine ballot initiatives, so be sure to follow both of us for more articles on the other questions. The state’s biggest environmental organizations are advocating for a brand new

DYLAN VRINS October 28, 2026

There Is No Easy Answer To Massachusetts Ballot Question 3

If the referendum passes, “the two candidates receiving the most votes in the primary would advance to the general election ballot.”

JONATHAN GERHARDSON October 20, 2026

Video: Our Interview With Andrea James, Independent Candidate For Massachusetts Governor

James opens up about her family’s deep ties to the commonwealth, and notes that she is running to be governor for reasons outside of the status quo

JEAN TROUNSTINE October 20, 2026

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.

POLLY HILL October 15, 2026

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 to justify the cost of assembling so much land.”

DYLAN VRINS October 1, 2026

Judge Rejects Challenge To Northampton’s Israel-Divestment Resolution

Northampton, Mass. (Special to BINJ.News) – In the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 26, about 75 keffiyah-clad and banner-bearing people gathered at a rally outside the Hampshire County Superior Court, their chatter interrupted periodically by the enthusiastic honks of supportive motorists. The crowd had gathered there to support a resolution Northampton’s

COLIN WEINSTEIN September 11, 2026

Editor’s Note: A Democratic Socialist Faction at the State House?

One development seems particularly noteworthy from this week’s primaries: There looks to be an emerging democratic socialist faction at the State House based in Cambridge and Somerville. Joining longtime Rep. Mike Connolly of Cambridge (who just beat a primary challenger to keep his seat) and Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven of Somerville

JASON PRAMAS September 4, 2026

Opinion: A Rebuttal To My Opponent In The 26th Middlesex District Race

For the past five months, candidate Neil Miller has made false and distorted claims about my work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in our Cambridge and Somerville community. On the eve of the Democratic primary, I want to correct the record. Mr. Miller and I agree that the

MIKE CONNOLLY August 31, 2026

Elite Socialists Don’t Get It

In a recent Jacobin article, Noah Suárez-Sikes, “an organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America,” criticized mainstream news outlets for gleefully outing DSA leaders who hail from backgrounds that range from upper-middle class to upper class. Dubbed “Class traitors are welcome in the socialist movement,”

JASON PRAMAS August 28, 2026