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Taxpayers will foot the bill for lawmakers to resist deep audit overwhelmingly approved last election Bay State voters faced a simple and straightforward choice this past November—either endorse institutional opacity as usual, or force elected leaders to relinquish the cloak of immunity their offices have enjoyed since short guys in shorter pants and curly wigs […]

The agency’s crime lab needs to extract data from disks that first came on the market in 1996—but what for?
It’s clear that the MBTA is already looking past its shuttle costs, which according to bid documents are expected to run approximately $250 million over five years. This is a documentation of what Greater Bostonians endured during track repairs.
Everyone is worried about drones until a private company gets special permission to fly them over individuals and cars in Boston
Before the Massachusetts left can take action on the Trump administration’s concerning agenda, getting accurate information is critical
A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press

Our interview with director Katie Dellamaggiore, whose “Small Town Universe” will play at the festival Although the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival turns an impressive 50 this year, its roots stretch back even further—to science fiction fan gatherings in the 1940s, when a group of locals called the Stranger Club created Boskone, the area’s largest sci-fi […]

With her longrunning events now being held in Greater Boston, the psychedelics researcher and advocate discusses what's important for the movement at this moment
The author and activist discusses his new book, the struggle over technology, and the “enshittification” of social media
When it comes to private companies working with local cops to conduct mass aerial surveillance, Massachusetts is the “wild west”
The Emerson College administration put rules in place in response to last year’s campus unrest that some community members say violate their First Amendment rights

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