Housing
Landlords and developers are organizing to oppose a grassroots ballot measure for statewide rent control, and they’re counting on elected officials to help them...
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Community
Earlier this month, the internet went dark for customers of Greenfield's GCET. The resulting mess revealed broader power struggles between the municipally owned internet...
Health
The state tried to withhold information on how cities and towns are spending opioid remediation dollars. From non-spenders to funding of police, here’s what...
Economy
Expanded cannabis regulations promise a head start to those harmed by the War on Drugs. That is, if they don't get tangled in red...
Investigations
The Shoestring's investigation uncovered signs the project's developers may have abandoned it, even after local officials spent years arranging for significant tax breaks.
Police
Westside police signed a partnership with Homeland Security Investigations last year. It's still active, but the city’s police chief says his officers haven’t been...
Column
For our media criticism column, Jonathan Gerhardson questions AI use at MassLive
Health
BINJ examined an unpublished remediation fund report, which revealed spending on services, equity grants, and millions unaccounted for.
Economy
One private equity-backed firm recently bought more than 10% of funeral homes in western Mass, where corporate consolidators now own a quarter of mortuaries...
Investigations
A network of hundreds of cameras, accessible to police at any time for any reason, is concentrated in the city's poorest areas.
Investigations
Militant groups have targeted local Palestine-solidarity activists — part of what they say is an intimidation campaign to silence them.
Education
"These revocations are troubling on several levels," UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes said in an email to the campus Friday night.