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...

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...

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

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

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.

“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”.

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

South Boston smorgasborg www.universalhub.com/2026/south-b... #SouthBoston #parade

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

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...

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...

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

America must not learn to live with 72,000 overdose deaths a year www.statnews.com/2026/03/09/d... via @statnews.com

"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...

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...

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...

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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...And then we wrote a song about it www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/m...

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...

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

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

Today's Starting Point dives into a college dorm's attempt to "catch a predator" and the consequences that are still being felt.

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.

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...

The federal workforce shrunk by nearly 220,000 people last year, close to 10 percent, according to a Globe analysis of federal data.

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.

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...

What an incredible sunset over Boston tonight... ❤️ 📹: @Theonlyesti_

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

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

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

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

Some local media news: @politico.com is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity.bsky.social joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter

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.”

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...

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...

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

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

The city's project to overhaul White Stadium will cost taxpayers $135 million, up from the most recent $90 million estimate — an increase Mayor Michelle Wu has attributed to inflation and the rising costs of materials and labor.

An estimated 10,000 lives have been lost at sea in Gloucester’s long history. The industry’s fatality rate is 28 times greater than the national average for all occupations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/m...

Today's Starting Point explores a (faint) silver lining for bummed-out Patriots fans after a tough Super Bowl loss.

Cold weather alone doesn’t guarantee safe conditions for pond hockey, ice fishing, and other activities. So how do you test the ice? And what should you do if you fall in? A pro explains via @bostonglobe.com

NEW: Gov. Healey's plan to counter ICE in Massachusetts drew a standing ovation from supporters and derision from conservative critics. It’s since elicited something else: Demands for more. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/03/m...

Several Boston-area immigrant-advocacy organizations sued the federal government, seeking to halt immigration-enforcement authorities’ new stated practice of forcibly entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Tuesday morning: New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.” Tuesday evening: CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

Every leader should study what happened. The importance of listening to dissent is a key lesson every leader should learn. This is essential reading.

A Plymouth company that makes iris-scanning software has joined the ranks of technology firms helping federal immigration authorities assemble a vast surveillance apparatus to identify targets for arrest. @bostonglobe.com

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Warning from many of Maine's religious leaders come as the country were roiled by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement in Minnesota, where two US citizens were shot by federal agents. @bostonglobe.com