GBH News

Jane, a Ukrainian refugee who lives in Middlesex County, originally came to the U.S. with her two children after living conditions in her home country became unsustainable.While Jane is grateful for the safety and security she’s found in the United States,

A Worcester police internal affairs investigation into a car crash involving City Councilor Kathleen Toomey found that officers who responded to the incident did not give Toomey preferential treatment.Worcester Police Chief Paul Saucier asked for the inte…

A marriage fraud ring based in Massachusetts set up hundreds of sham marriages for their customers to obtain legal immigration status.Leah Foley, the U.S.

Lawrence city councilors voted no confidence on Tuesday night in Mayor Brian DePeña’s ability to lead the city as he faces 26 state and federal criminal charges.The resolution supporting the vote of no confidence passed on five votes in support of the mea…

Mike Minogue’s political prospects are looking bleak.

⛅Cloudy and cool, with highs in the 50s.

Knowing he would spend part of his day defending his House Ways and Means Committee’s rejection of a gas tax suspension, Chairman Aaron Michlewitz made a point Tuesday morning to check the price at the only gas station in his downtown Boston district -- $…

If approved, Question 6 would divert some of the state sales tax into a fund for nature conservation and recreation.

Massachusetts already has a law that says, in brief: if the amount of tax money the state takes in grows faster than wage growth, residents should get a refund on some of their taxes.

Pinned to a bulletin board in Will Rosenberry’s office is a mail-in ballot request card returned with an angry sentiment scribbled in large black Sharpie: “This is fraud.”Rosenberry — Lowell’s elections director — and other local elections officials call…

Some survivors of child sexual abuse met with Attorney General Andrea Campbell Tuesday.

Many respondents to a new poll believe Massachusetts has become a worse place to live over the past four years and they still favor keeping incumbent Gov.

This week, the Joy Beat goes to Littleton, Massachusetts where four Littleton High School seniors were recently named Commended Students as part of the National Merit Scholarship Program.Suma Bhiravarasa and Lucas Wright, two of the four recognized, joined

Mayor Michelle Wu delivered Boston’s second annual State of the Schools address on Monday night, reaffirming her commitment to make the city’s public schools the best in the nation and defending the district’s efforts amid recent criticism.In her address,…

🌥️Partly sunny and chilly, with highs in the 60s.

If Question 4 passes, eligible voters in Massachusetts would be able to register to vote or to change the address on their voter registration on Election Day.

This measure would change the way primary elections work in Massachusetts, shifting from party-based primaries to a top-two system.To understand how this would work, let’s look at how we do primaries now: Republicans run against other Republicans, Democra…

If Mike Minogue were to win the race for governor, Massachusetts would likely have no lieutenant governor for the next four years.But political observers say that’s not necessarily a problem — and it’s not too unusual, either.Minogue’s running mate, Shawn…

Workers, professors and students from colleges and universities across the Boston area plan a walkout on Tuesday as part of a nationwide effort to demand a freeze on AI development.The demonstration is expected to include students from MIT, Harvard Univer…

More than 200 people gathered in Boston Common last night to rally in solidarity with a former Cornell University student, known as Jane Doe, who alleged in a lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by seven members of the university’s Chi Phi fraternity.…

☀️Sunny and slightly cooler, with highs in the 60s.

During the first head-to-head showdown between Gov.

Among the nine statewide ballot questions Massachusetts voters will decide in November, Question 8 stands out as the first in recent memory to undo a recently passed ballot question.

An agreement struck between the Department of Transportation and railroad company CSX will reduce conflicts between freight trains and the state’s desire to further expand passenger rail service in the Berkshires, the Healey administration said Thursday.M…

Massachusetts voters strongly support removing legal limits on how long survivors of childhood sexual abuse have to sue their abusers and complicit institutions, according to a new poll released Thursday.

Franklin Park is expected to become home, in the coming years, to a new monument that honors the Wampanoag people.The monument, known as White Pine Gathering Place, will become the first permanent tribute in Boston that honors an Indigenous community.

Students and their editors huddle around a small table, deep in the stacks on the second floor of Howe Library at the University of Vermont in Burlington.Close your eyes for a few minutes, and it sounds just like a professional newsroom as they fact-check,

As he headed into a campaign stop in Middleton this week, Mike Minogue offered an upbeat assessment of the governor’s race.

🌂Warmer, with highs in the 70s and a chance of showers.

A 21-year-old Provincetown student and employee of the local police department who is an immigrant was released Thursday after being held at Logan Airport’s Terminal E for 44 hours.Carlos Maldonado Valle was flying home on a domestic flight from a vacation

A 21-year-old Provincetown student and employee of the local police department has been detained at Logan Airport’s Terminal E since Tuesday after his domestic flight became an international one.

Forty people in Cambridge have been selected to participate in a group that will advise the City Council on the use of surveillance technology, including the gunshot detection tech ShotSpotter.The civic assembly will be the first of its kind in Cambridge…

Jason Greenberg remembers being awakened by sirens three years ago at 6:29 a.m. in Tel Aviv and immediately heading to a bomb shelter.The subsequent events forever changed his life.

An Ecuadorian mother of two children, including one with autism, has been detained at Burlington’s ICE processing center since last week after being arrested and charged with shoplifting.

This is part of a special series in which NPR looks back at its coverage of major news stories from the past.

Republican U.S.

☀️Sunny and cool, with highs in the 60s.

Heather Nelson of Zoo New England dug her fingers through the dirt in the back yard of a home in Concord.

Lawrence City Councilors are expected to hold a vote of “no confidence” in Mayor Brian DePeña Tuesday night as he faces 26 state and federal criminal charges.Jeovanny Rodriguez, Lawrence City Council president, said the vote is separate from the question…

It’s been seven years since the post office in Allston shut down.

It’s pistol league night — a warm September Monday — at the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club on Cape Cod.

☀️Sweater weather: sunny with highs in the 50s.

🌤️Mostly sunny with highs in the 60s.

The recent release of an explosive state report about clergy sexual abuse of children is stirring up old pain for people like 67-year-old Edna Wallace.Wallace is one of at least 216 people claiming they survived sexual abuse by a cleric in the Diocese of…

Downtown Boston residents and some business owners saying they want to see more police presence after a sharp increase in the public perception of crime in the neighborhood.A new survey of nearly 400 residents around Downtown Crossing finds that 56% of lo…

Last week’s season-ending sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees was probably the worst way this Boston Red Sox season could have ended.And Red Sox President and CEO Sam Kennedy wasn’t hiding from that fact during the team’s end-of-season press confer…

Jim Knott, CEO of Riverdale Mills in Northbridge, says he’s being hit twice by the current trade war with Canada.

Gov.

They ran against each other in 2010.

Asian American and Pacific Islanders — or AAPI — are the fastest-growing major racial and ethnic group in the United States.