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Statewide enterprise reporter at MassLive
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Millions of gallons of sewage flow around this MBTA station every year. It's “the recalcitrant, last, unfinished chapter of the cleanup of Boston Harbor."
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Millions of gallons of sewage flow around this MBTA station every year. Here's why
Cambridge outfall pipe, CAM 401A, is responsible for two-thirds of raw sewage polluting Alewife Brook, as residents face health risks and advocate for solutions.
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July 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Roaches, missed care and no way out: What life was like at Gabriel House in Fall River before fire killed 10
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Roaches, missed care and no way out: What life was like at Gabriel House before fire killed 10
Former employees feared disaster at Gabriel House, where wheelchair users were trapped for months by broken elevators and no fire drills were conducted in years.
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July 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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How Trump vs. Harvard University is a page out of the Project 2025 playbook www.masslive.com/news/2025/04...
How Trump vs. Harvard is a page out of the Project 2025 playbook
Higher education leaders see the goals of Project 2025 all over Trump's recent actions, despite the president distancing himself from it on the campaign trail.
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April 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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📣 Meet the 2025 Livingston Awards Finalists for Local Reporting! 📣

These outstanding young journalists are shining a light on critical local issues—and shaping the future of news.

👏 Congratulations to all these finalists!

Read their work: loom.ly/LAVASEQ

#livingstonawards #uofm
April 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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More than two dozen international students across at least ten higher education institutions in Massachusetts have seen their visas revoked in recent weeks, setting off a wave of anxiety on campuses across the state.
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How many visas could get canceled? Nearly 1 in 5 Mass. college students need them
Mass. has the fourth-largest number of international college students, creating panic amid the Trump administration's visa revocations.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Abandoned land in Mass. city could become a waterfront park, housing
Abandoned land in Mass. city could become a waterfront park, housing
Eighteen acres of land has been inaccessible to the public for nearly two decades, demarcated by a chain-link fence. That could soon change.
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April 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Amid federal funding chaos, people living with #HIV and their advocates in Mass. are placing particular emphasis on the power of state funding to maintain progress made on the infectious disease. #mapoli
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‘I wanna live’: HIV advocates in Mass. push for state funding as Trump slashes federal dollars
As the Trump administration guts funding for HIV/AIDS both stateside and abroad, advocates in Massachusetts are placing an emphasis on the power of state funding to keep a lid on the infectious diseas...
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March 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Why a black market pharmacy in Framingham filled unmet needs of undocumented immigrants:
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Why undocumented immigrants in Mass. ordered from a black market pharmacy
Long waitlists, language barriers and lack of insurance coverage may have driven undocumented immigrants to seek care at an illegal pharmacy that authorities say was operating out of a Framingham apar...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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One of Massachusetts' largest insurers of people who are disabled, elderly and low-income is running out of money. Health care and coverage for nearly 50,000 could be impacted if Commonwealth Care Alliance goes under. www.masslive.com/news/2025/03...
‘He would have nobody’: How a Mass. nonprofit’s crisis could disrupt life for those with disabilities
Calls are increasing for the state to place Commonwealth Care Alliance under temporary receivership as it faces financial issues that could imperil the insurance coverage and care of tens of thousands...
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March 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Physician assistants say they could help the primary care crisis. Will Mass. lawmakers agree? #mapoli
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Mass. physician assistants advocate for removal of “archaic” supervision requirements
Would you see a physician assistant if a lead physician wasn't available? Massachusetts PAs want greater flexibility to deploy their skills amid the primary care crisis.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Since #COVID struck five years ago, there have been leaps in science, but also a social and cultural backpedaling, experts say.

How does that position us for the next pandemic?
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‘Bank on the fact’ that more pandemics are coming. Here’s why, and are we ready?
Despite scientific advancements made during the COVID pandemic, growing vaccine hesitancy and the politicization of public health leave the U.S. vulnerable to future pandemics, according to experts wh...
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March 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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NEW: Florida Republican vows to report Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to DOJ for criminal investigation over immigration policies #mapoli
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Florida Republican vows to report Boston Mayor Wu to DOJ for criminal investigation
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Florida, said to Mayor Wu and the other mayors testifying, “I do not think you guys are bad people, but I think that you are ideologically mislead.”
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March 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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@masslive.bsky.social has wall-to-wall coverage of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's sanctuary city testimony in DC today. Follow our live blog throughout the day. #mapoli
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LIVE: Boston Mayor Wu to testify before Congress on sanctuary city policies
GOP-led committee to question mayors on their limited cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Mayor Wu argues the policy keeps the city safe and builds trust with diverse communities.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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‘Finish Norwood Hospital’ campaign launches after flooding closure, Steward Health Care bankruptcy
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‘It is an emergency’: Town launches campaign to reopen Norwood Hospital after Steward bankruptcy
Construction has stalled amid the Steward Health Care bankruptcy crisis, and Norwood officials are launching a campaign to ensure it doesn’t fall from the public’s attention.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Trump revokes protected status for Haitians, sparking fear in Mass. communities. The Commonwealth has the second-largest Haitian population in the country.
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‘Widespread fear’: Mass. Haitians React to Losing Temporary Protected Status
Massachusetts has the second-largest Haitian population in the U.S., second to Florida. People who identify as Haitian are teachers, health care workers, business owners and home health aides, accordi...
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February 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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“Every judge makes an impact on the system and on that backlog. Or at least prevent it from getting any longer. (The firings are) illogical, irrational.”

I interviewed the Massachusetts immigration judge fired by the Trump administration last week:
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Mass. immigration court is scheduling out to 2027. It’s likely to get worse, fired judge says
A recently appointed judge at the Chelmsford immigration court shares her perspective on the Trump administration's move to fire her and others, and its impact on the legal process for immigrants.
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February 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The Trump administration has fired a Massachusetts immigration judge as part of its continued purge of federal workers. The judge contends her firing was “political.”
Mass. immigration judge fired by Trump administration
Seasoned Boston immigration attorney Kerry Doyle had recently begun working at the new immigration court in Chelmsford. She was terminated by the Trump administration last week.
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February 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM