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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 07/07/2026
"A young Black woman, seated in a public space, surrounded by men whose message was that this country belongs to people like them and not people like her," Haley Taylor Schlitz writes.
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"A young Black woman, seated in a public space, surrounded by men whose message was that this country belongs to people like them and not people like her," Haley Taylor Schlitz writes.
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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · 03/07/2026
Here is something a little different: @bostonglobe.com is devoting its homepage to what the news might've looked like in 1776. Designed by the unstoppable @ryanhuddle.bsky.social. www.bostonglobe.com
The homepage of the Boston Globe, as it might have looked in 1776, with old fonts and a sepia color scheme.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 27/05/2026
Looking for top books to mark the new season? Today’s Starting Point takes a look through our big summer reading list — and a few recurring themes within it.
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Our big summer books reading list reveals a few recurring themes - The Boston Globe
Slather the SPF and dive into this year’s top summer books, which offer love, twisty forest turns, and a dog to adore.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 01/05/2026
Black Market hoped to help small businesses plant roots in Nubian Square. Now after years of business struggles, they're at risk of losing their place there too.
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In bid to stay afloat, Roxbury’s Black Market raises money, and eyebrows - The Boston Globe
Black Market hoped to help small businesses plant roots in Nubian Square. Now after years of business struggles, they're at risk of losing their place there too.
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Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
NEW: Healey wants to curb public access to birth and death records in bid to ‘prevent fraud’ www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/16/m...
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Healey wants to curb public access to birth and death records in bid to ‘prevent fraud’ - The Boston Globe
Governor Maura Healey is seeking to restrict who has access to Massachusetts birth records, death certificates, and marriage notices.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 15/04/2026
What's so crazy about the way @emilysweeney22.bsky.social has blown up (for all the right reasons) is that she was using social media to promote her work at the @bostonglobe.com back when most of her colleagues didn't even know what it was. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/s...
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Why Is Everyone Wicked Obsessed With This Boston Globe Reporter?
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Matt Shearer pitched his first-ever show as the “most unhinged episode of Oprah.” He delivered with a furry, poop songs, a Red Line car seat, $5 Dunkin’ gift cards for all, and lots of Masshole energy. More on the famed reporter who took his viral videos onstage: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/10/b...
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‘A new frontier’: With his first live show, WBZ NewsRadio’s Matt Shearer brings viral TikToks to The Wilbur stage - The Boston Globe
The show, a two-and-a-half-hour event played like a Dunkin’-stained blend of America’s Funniest Home Videos for the TikTok-era with a chaotic late night program featuring the kind of Massachusetts profanity, but also pride, that makes the state unique.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 10/04/2026
Brigham and Women's Hospital allegedly disposed of fetal or newborn remains against the family’s wishes five times in 18 months, according to lawsuits. One mother said her baby "was discarded with medical waste. I will never get justice for that.” trib.al/kOjQQj6
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Looking to talk to Mass. public school teachers as part of a @bostonglobe.com story on discussing the Iran war in school with students. Interested? Drop me a line: john.hilliard@globe.com * Especially hoping to hear from educators who are veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“The paper can’t survive if it can’t get young people to come and work here,” said Ed Miller, editor of The Provincetown Independent, about why the outlet's nonprofit partner bought a condo to house reporters at below-market rates. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/07/b...
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Faced with a lack of housing, a Cape Cod nonprofit bought a condo for Provincetown Independent reporters - The Boston Globe
Three reporters share the three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo, paying below market rates to live year-round in the community they cover.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 06/04/2026
After warning about looming financial challenges, Mayor Michelle Wu said she’ll file a $4.9 billion budget proposal this week that includes “difficult, targeted reductions” but prioritizes maintaining key city services.
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Calling it ‘a difficult moment,’ Wu says she’ll file $4.9 billion budget plan with targeted cuts - The Boston Globe
Wu’s spending recommendation would increase spending by 2 percent over the current year’s $4.8 billion budget.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Most of the six inmates in Massachusetts prisons who died by suicide last year had been in or just left segregated units the Department of Correction had created to replace the discredited practice of solitary confinement. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/26/m...
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‘You expect your child to come home and not in a body bag’: Report finds most DOC suicides were in segregated units - The Boston Globe
Four of the men had previously tried to kill themselves, though clinicians had not developed safety plans aimed at preventing future attempts.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The latest allegations of fraud at the troubled school come as hundreds of families mount a desperate effort to raise enough money to keep Croft’s doors open and continue paying its staff. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/23/m...
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Parent who bought $160,000 in Croft School bonds sues founder, accuses him of running Ponzi scheme - The Boston Globe
The complaint alleges that Croft was so in debt it was unable to pay parents the interest it owed them for the school bonds. To cover those costs, the school sold a second round of bonds, according to...
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Boston Globe Spotlight Team @globespotlight.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A Middlesex County grand jury indicted Dr. Derrick Todd on charges that he sexually assaulted 11 patients. This comes months after a Spotlight story detailing how hundreds of patients said they were abused by the renowned doctor. trib.al/JB4rcJO
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The leader of the troubled Croft School needed money. What came next led to the financial unraveling of the private, for-profit school. @bostonglobe.com
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Croft School officials say founder allegedly forged $500,000 letter of credit. Then the tuition deadline moved. - The Boston Globe
A Boston police spokesperson confirmed Friday that the department has an open investigation on the school's alleged financial mismanagement but would not comment further.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The Society of Professional Journalists has named the State of Massachusetts recipient of its 2026 Black Hole Award, an annual dishonor recognizing government entities that demonstrate a troubling lack of transparency and disregard for the public’s right to know.
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SPJ names State of Massachusetts recipient of 2026 Black Hole Award
Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909
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Mike Sington @mikesington.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“Apparently I’m an idiot.” Woman at Pennsylvania gas station who voted for Trump rips into him, calls him “a worthless pile of sh*t”.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The founder of the private Croft School misled families and staff about the institution’s financial condition for years, its directors told families Tuesday, by, for example, hiding $13 million in debt, overspending its budget, and keeping two sets of records. @bostonglobe.com
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Croft School board tells families it needs $5 million to keep doors open after founder allegedly lied about finances - The Boston Globe
The board said that the school's leader, who has been suspended, lied for years about its financial health and hid $13 million in debt.
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 15/03/2026
South Boston smorgasborg www.universalhub.com/2026/south-b... #SouthBoston #parade
Borgs and other containers confiscated by Transit PD at Broadway station
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The Croft School has launched an independent investigation and suspended its executive director after the school’s board announced Friday there were “serious irregularities” with its finances. @bostonglobe.com
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Founder of Croft School suspended, officials launch investigation into ‘serious irregularities’ of finances - The Boston Globe
The school’s executive director, Scott Given, had been suspended by the board on March 7th.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A federal judge Wednesday ordered US immigration authorities to free a 14-year-old girl and return her from New York to Massachusetts after she was detained @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/11/m...
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Judge orders release of 14-year-old girl detained by federal immigration agents in Marlborough and transferred to New York - The Boston Globe
The Department of Homeland Security claimed later Wednesday that agents took the girl into custody to protect her from suspected gang members she was in a car with.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
NEW: GBH and WBUR have long insisted that there’s room for two public media giants in Boston. In an era without federal funding, could that come to an end? “It would make a lot of sense to merge,” GBH CEO Susan Goldberg told me. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/12/b...
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GBH is open to examining merger with WBUR as public media adjusts to life without federal funding - The Boston Globe
Public broadcasters across the country have so far weathered $1.1 billion in federal cuts. But public media executives fear the relief is temporary.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Eight Cabinet members have departed Healey’s administration since she took office in 2023, including seven in the last year alone, in an unusually busy exodus ahead of a governor’s reelection bid. @bostonglobe.com
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In one year, Healey has lost more than half of her Cabinet, outpacing the departures under her predecessors - The Boston Globe
Eight Cabinet members have departed Governor Maura Healey’s administration since she took office in 2023.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
America must not learn to live with 72,000 overdose deaths a year www.statnews.com/2026/03/09/d... via @statnews.com
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America must not learn to live with 72,000 overdose deaths a year
With the drop in overdose deaths, “we're celebrating: a death toll that exceeds total American combat fatalities in Vietnam, every single year,” writes addiction researcher Wayne Kepner.
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Victoria McGrane @vgmac.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"The voters said one thing. They wanted an audit of the Massachusetts legislature. You would think that people whose salaries are paid by taxpayers would oblige to their wishes. You would be wrong." #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/09/n...
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Whose money is it? - The Boston Globe
Beacon Hill has resisted an audit of the legislature’s use of tax dollars despite voters’ support. What gives?
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Estefany Rodríguez, a reporter for a Spanish-language outlet in Nashville, was covering immigration raids. The next day, ICE agents arrested her without a warrant. Read Carolina Abbott Galvão. www.cjr.org/analysis/est...
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A Reporter in Nashville, Detained by ICE
Estefany Rodríguez, a journalist for a Spanish-language outlet, was covering immigration raids. The next day, agents arrested her without a warrant.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 05/03/2026
New at Media Nation: The Massachusetts public records law needs some teeth. Will 2026 be the year that it finally happens? #mapoli dankennedy.net/2026/03/05/t...
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The Mass. public records law needs some teeth. Will 2026 be the year that it happens?
Massachusetts has long been notorious for being one of the least progressive states with regard to government transparency. The state’s public records law is alone in exempting the governor&#…
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner
Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This is as good as it gets!!
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
...And then we wrote a song about it www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/m...
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Important story by @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social -- ‘They don’t even pretend to comply’: Mass. agencies, cities, and towns openly flout open record law www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/m...
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‘They don’t even pretend to comply’: Mass. agencies, cities, and towns openly flout open record law - The Boston Globe
When requests are fought or ignored by agencies, enforcement of Massachusetts' public records law often falls to those who requested the documents.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In Massachusetts, the state law’s deadlines for fulfilling records requests can be ignored, workers can conspire to overestimate costs, elected officials can spend years fighting requests in court, or not bother releasing records at all. @bostonglobe.com
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‘They don’t even pretend to comply’: Mass. agencies, cities, and towns openly flout open record law - The Boston Globe
When requests are fought or ignored by agencies, enforcement of Massachusetts' public records law often falls to those who requested the documents.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 25/02/2026
Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a Milford teen who was arrested by ICE last May, went to the State of the Union as a guest of Representative Seth Moulton. He left early after a Department of Homeland Security tweet singled him out by name. trib.al/z40q0Yo
A photo of Marcelo Gomes standing at the State of the Union in Washington, D.C. Text on card reads: “Milford teen, Marcelo Gomes, leaves State of the Union after targeted DHS tweet”
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 25/02/2026
Today's Starting Point dives into a college dorm's attempt to "catch a predator" and the consequences that are still being felt.
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A college dorm’s attempt to ‘catch a predator’ was disastrous. The fallout has changed lives — and isn’t over. - The Boston Globe
A dorm room sting at Assumption University started as a bad idea among students and quickly spiraled into consequences that are still being felt.
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Boston Globe Spotlight Team @globespotlight.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Epstein files mention Harvard University more than 12,000 times. A new Boston Globe Spotlight Team report found that Jeffrey Epstein's ties to the country’s most revered academic institution ran deeper than previously known.
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Introductions to women. Free flights. Business deals. Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Harvard run deeper than previously known. - The Boston Globe
Some of Epstein’s ties to the school were hiding in plain sight, yet Harvard officials missed or looked past them during their 2019 probe.
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Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NEW: French food was once considered bygone, too Euro, and boring. Now? Everyone wants a piece of it. So, is French cuisine “hot” again? My latest in my newsletter, the Food Club, via @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/26/m...
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Is French food hot again? - The Boston Globe
French food was once considered bygone, too Euro, and boring. Now? Everyone wants a piece of it.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 26/02/2026
The federal workforce shrunk by nearly 220,000 people last year, close to 10 percent, according to a Globe analysis of federal data.
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We now know the full scale of Trump’s federal workforce cuts - The Boston Globe
Amid Trump’s bureaucracy-slashing directives, the federal workforce shrunk by about 220,000 people in 2025.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 26/02/2026
In Everett, a web of projects — including an extended Silver Line route, a new pedestrian and cycling bridge connecting Everett to Somerville, and a possible commuter rail stop — could make it easier to ride a bike, bus, or train in and out of some parts of the city.
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New transit links could transform Everett’s access to Boston - The Boston Globe
Existing transit connections between Boston and Everett are lackluster, despite their proximity, residents and politicians say.
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Tal Kopan @talkopan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
As ICE seeks to build out mass detention centers around the country, they're meeting a wall of local resistance -- even in solid Trump country. My story: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/26/n...
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‘It’s just un-American’: ICE’s mass detention centers run into resistance — including from Republicans - The Boston Globe
This week New Hampshire Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte successfully lobbied the government to keep a new detention center out of her state.
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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
What an incredible sunset over Boston tonight... ❤️ 📹: @Theonlyesti_
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Gomes, who was arrested by ICE last May while on the way to volleyball practice, attended the event as a guest of Representative Seth Moulton. @bostonglobe.com
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Milford teen Marcelo Gomes leaves State of the Union after targeted DHS tweet - The Boston Globe
This week, Gomes met with members of Congress and talked about his experience in detention before attending President Trump’s speech as Representative Seth Moulton's guest.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
In Massachusetts and beyond, politicians have increasingly turned to people with armies of followers, but that shift has raised questions about how transparent politicians and the influencers they work with should be as they knit their social feeds together. @bostonglobe.com
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‘GRWM’ to meet the governor: How Mass. politicians are turning to friendly influencers to spread their messages - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts politicians are increasingly embracing online creators to expand their reach beyond traditional press, including offering them one-on-one interviews or inviting them to events.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A retired Massachusetts juvenile court judge is seeking a federal investigation into the Department of Children and Families, saying she fears a pattern of discrimination against children with disabilities. @bostonglobe.com
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Retired judge: Feds must investigate DCF over treatment of disabled children - The Boston Globe
The judge, Carol Erskine, highlighted the deaths of three children with disabilities, including Harmony Montgomery.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The White Stadium project's total cost now dwarfs that of similar soccer stadium projects around the country by tens of millions of dollars, if not more. @bostonglobe.com
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The overhaul of White Stadium is set to cost $325 million. How does the price compare to other soccer venues? - The Boston Globe
In Boston, costs have jumped more than 60 percent from an initial projection of $200 million.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Some local media news: @politico.com is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity.bsky.social joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter
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Rev Laura Everett @reveverett.com · 17/02/2026
When you have Sam Altman co signing maybe rethink it? “The National Association of Government Employees told WBUR it was unhappy with the announcement and said Healey’s administration is “rushing” the introduction of AI.”
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Tal Kopan @talkopan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts. The results were stark: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
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Boston built a global biotech empire. Now the talent is quietly drifting away. - The Boston Globe
In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Asked how the federal research cuts have affected science, one Boston Children’s Hospital researcher said, “This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals?” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
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They came to Massachusetts to cure disease. Now they’re packing up their labs. - The Boston Globe
In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
An aide to Governor Maura Healey, who is an immigrant from Venezuela currently on a work visa, is suing the Trump administration, arguing she could lose her job in state government unless federal immigration officials quickly approve her work authorization. via @bostonglobe.com
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An aide to Governor Healey is set to lose her work authorization. She’s suing Trump to keep it. - The Boston Globe
Valentina Amaro Bowser, an immigrant from Venezuela, is in limbo after the federal government paused certain visa applications.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Nearly two months after a deadly shooting at Brown University killed two students and injured nine others, released body-worn camera footage of a responding officer. via @bostonglobe.com
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Video: Police release body camera footage from Brown University shooting - The Boston Globe
The heavily redacted video begins at 4:16 p.m. on Dec. 13, about 10 minutes after the first call came in. The 20 minutes that follow show police rushing to clear the building and get victims out.
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