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What’s the long-range plan to instill public confidence in a system that has lost it?

Nearly 130 years after abolitionist, orator, and newspaper publisher Frederick Douglass addressed state lawmakers, the Senate unveiled a bust in the branch’s chamber honoring his legacy during a ceremony last week. Senate President Karen Spilka intentionally left two alcoves inside the chamber vacant in her quest to enhance the diverse representation of historical figures in

Gabrielle R. Wolohojian said there may be times she would recuse herself from cases on the Supreme Judicial Court. But no member of the Governor's Council asked her directly how she would approach those involving Governor Maura Healey.

Members of the Governor’s Council are expected Wednesday to press Wolohojian, a veteran state appellate court judge and Governor Maura Healey’s former longtime romantic partner, about whether she would step aside from cases involving Healey’s office or her administration.

The Mass. Gaming Commission will soon be under entirely new management. 

The flurry of activities represents an ideological shift that has reshaped a union — once known as a conciliatory behind-the-scenes dealmaker — into a more populist workers’ rights movement that eagerly blocks state policies it opposes and pushes for new initiatives, such as better social-emotional supports for students and greater racial equity.

The first-term Democrat leaned on a small, five-person commission to vet and identify picks for the high court. Three were either current or former appointees of Governor Maura Healey’s.

Ahead of a national election season in 2024, community organizations are trying to get out the word to local Black voters to make their voices heard.

WITH APOLOGIES to the movie “Field of Dreams,” if you build it, will they come?

At 5 P.M. on a cold Saturday night in mid-January 2024, I walked into the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) on Malcolm X Boulevard. I was there to attend a fundraising gala where three black Muslims—two radical imams and a Boston city