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Recreational cannabis to stay legal; public records law to expand in Mass., AP calls
Legal weed, public records and more. Here’s what Massachusetts voters have decided.
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What you need to know about Question 2: Letting public defenders unionize
Voters will decide whether to approve Ballot Question 2 and grant collective bargaining rights to employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services in the Massachusetts 2026 election. -
What you need to know about Question 1: Expanding public records law
Voters will decide whether to approve Ballot Question 1 and make the governor and Legislature subject to public records law in the Massachusetts 2026 election. -
GOP Lt. Gov. nominee Shawn Oliver suspends campaign following drunk driving charge
New Bedford police arrested Oliver, and the charges include including operating under influence of liquor. -
Sexual assault a “predictable outcome” of liquor laden fraternity parties, scholar says
John Hechinger, author of True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America's Fraternities, joined GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath to talk about fraternity culture. -
Elected officials in Mass. are among those to receive letters with 'suspicious substances'
Politicians in other states received suspicious mail earlier this week.
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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. -
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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.’