From churches to banks, urban school districts find creative ways to update facilities
Urban school districts receive less funding toward school facilities than their suburban counterparts, according to a new MassInc. report. Because of this, many get creative to get things done.
Voting reforms, rent control among ballot initiatives poised to move on to Mass. Legislature
Each one seems to have received or be on track to receive nearly 75,000 signatures.
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Boston City Council aims to tackle local food waste
Boston's composting conversation comes as the state also considers expanding food waste requirements. -
‘You have to stop this’: MA legislators hear testimony on bill to ban shock therapy
More than a dozen local residents testified on Tuesday in support of a Massachusetts bill to ban the use of electric shock therapies on people with disabilities. -
Three immigrant employees from Allston Car Wash released after bond delay
Volunteers helping the workers with bond ran into problems posting it through ICE’s online payment system. -
Worcester plans hand recount for close At-Large City Council race
Jermoh Kamara requested the recount after finishing just 23 votes behind incumbent Morris Bergman. -
Wu wary of one-size-fits-all ballot question on rent control
The mayor supports rent stabilization, but says different municipalities need flexibility.
GBH News podcasts
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Scratch & Win
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College Uncovered
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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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