While the Bay State can boast the lowest incarceration rate among the 50 states, it spends more than twice per prisoner as Vermont, the second highest spending jurisdiction, according to a recent study.
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Alzheimer’s disease study: Boston researchers create at-home smell test for early detection
Alzheimer’s disease study: Boston researchers create at-home smell test for early detection
Gov. Maura Healey signs bill extending remote, hybrid meetings for local public bodies
Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Friday that allows local public bodies to continue meeting in hybrid or remote formats, an extension of COVID-era policies that Beacon Hill Democrats have routinely signed off on amid calls to make the options permanent.
Tufts grad student Rumeysa Ozturk’s lawyer, ACLU push for her release from ‘unconstitutional’ ICE detention
Rumeysa Ozturk’s legal team, which now includes the ACLU, has filed an amended habeas petition in Massachusetts federal court — challenging the pro-Palestinian international student’s detention by ICE.
Final round of brothel buyer hearings ends with empty courtroom
The third and last scheduled hearings in the brothel “johns” probable cause case in Cambridge have ended.
Inspector General finds ‘egregious’ problem at Cannabis Control Commission
The state’s inspector general has found that the Cannabis Control Commission experienced an “egregious operational breakdown” when they failed to collect over half-a-million dollars in licensing fees over a two year span.
