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Maine changed its vaccine exemptions 5 years ago. What's the impact?
It's been five years since the state of Maine repealed philosophical and religious exemptions to the vaccine requirement to attend public schools. Since then, the Department of Education says 200 students have been dropped because of their vaccination status. Another 7,000 have voluntarily left the system and started homeschooling. -
What you need to know about Question 8: Banning the sale of recreational marijuana
Voters will decide whether to approve Ballot Question 8 and prohibit selling cannabis in the Massachusetts 2026 election. -
What you need to know about Question 7: Letting homes be built on smaller lots
Voters will decide whether to approve Ballot Question 7 and compel cities and towns to let single-family homes be built on smaller land plots in the Massachusetts 2026 election. -
Boston-area Ukrainians, Russians decry 'heartbreaking' recent U.S. foreign policy moves
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced he would lift the sanctions on diesel fuel from Russia that have been in effect since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. -
Internal police probe finds Worcester officers didn’t give city councilor favorable treatment
The Worcester Police Department opened its investigation after City Councilor Kathleen Toomey struck a parked car at around midnight Sept. 2.
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.’