Government shutdown hitting National Park Service sites in Massachusetts
Visitors are finding national park facilities closed as rangers stay home without pay.
New report finds language access remains barrier across MA courthouses
A new report says many Massachusetts residents who come to court each year still face barriers in navigating the court system, particularly if English isn’t their first language or if they are part of the deaf or hard of hearing community.
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A new incentive program aims to reduce backlog of defendants in Mass. Will it be enough?
The program will last until Nov. 17 or until there are no defendants in Middlesex and Suffolk county district and municipal courts awaiting counsel. There are currently more than 2,000 clients without counsel in Suffolk and Middlesex counties. -
GBH Daily: An historic homer
50 years ago today, a walk-off home run secured a place in history for the Red Sox’s Carlton Fisk. -
Fall River fire chief calls for greater state regulation of assisted living homes
The July fire at Gabriel House, which killed 10 residents, shows the need for assisted living facilities to have same fire codes as nursing homes. -
Moulton supports Congressional age cap
The Salem congressman also slammed President Trump as “acting like a child” for his response to the "No Kings" protests over the weekend. -
Chelsea parent of 3 deported with immigration case pending
Attorneys argue Sergio Ayala Mejia's deportation was a violation of his constitutional rights.
GBH News podcasts
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Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
What Is Owed?
Boston has begun to wrestle with the notion of paying reparations to Black people to make up for 400 years of enslavement and economic exclusion. -
The Big Dig Podcast
This Peabody Award–winning podcast dives into the cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure. No project embodies that cynicism quite like ‘The Big Dig.’
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