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Massachusetts ballot questions are ‘confusing’ and ‘overwhelming’ for early voters
This year’s ballot is three pages long and features a record-tying nine questions.
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The Golden Thread sheds light on little known East Boston history — and its present
From poignant immigration history to local activism, there's a little for everyone, according to the creators of the new community project.
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With new federal rules, state is struggling to help people stay on SNAP
State employees say they can’t keep up with calls and are asking for more staffing. -
Massachusetts makes $25M bet on quantum research lab at MIT
The state is committing $25 million to help build what will be called the Quantum Systems Laboratory in Cambridge -
New cannabis board chair aims to oversee the ‘most boring’ agency in Mass.
The state’s new marijuana regulators met for the first time Thursday, trying to turn the page on years of turmoil. -
Framingham, Rutland cancel July 4 fireworks, citing budget and safety concerns
Two more communities in Massachusetts cancel their Independence Day celebrations on the nation’s 250th anniversary, four months after Northampton announced it would pause its festivities. -
‘It’s a ritual’: Boston-area Brazilians kick up national pride ahead of World Cup
Brazil won’t play in Foxborough for the tournament’s earliest stage, although it could in later games. Either way, Greater Boston's robust Brazilian community is fired up.
GBH News podcasts
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Catching The Codfather
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. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
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.’