Bay State Examiner

Massachusetts-based indie media focused on government transparency and abuse of power.

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

To our readers and followers thank you, and for at least a while - goodbye.
It has been an honor. https://t.co/mzXcevgqqC

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

.@SPD_HQ detective caught on video threatening to murder teens and plant drugs; won't be fired or charged. https://t.co/KqkS7NgSUr #mapoli

[Andrew Quemere - @andrewqmr.bsky.social @andrewqmr]

If you win, you get a lifetime supply of bitterness about the #MAPublicRecords law and might be quoted in a story. https://t.co/eBvGEce4i7

[Andrew Quemere - @andrewqmr.bsky.social @andrewqmr]

Let's have a contest. What's the longest it's ever taken for Galvin's office to assign you an appeal number? #mapoli #MAPublicRecords #FOIA

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

@BobDunn413 Yes.

[Massachusetts Pirate Party @masspirates]

#FOIA for Fun and Liberation by Maya Shaffer of @BSExaminer https://t.co/l7KJetAjsB

[Massachusetts Pirate Party @masspirates]

Pirate Podcasts – Episode 7: FOIA for Fun and Liberation talk by Maya Shaffer of @BSExaminer. https://t.co/l7KJetAjsB

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

#Framingham settles with family of grandfather who cop killed by "accident" during drug raid. https://t.co/DGKYQFeMom via @PINACnews

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

Lawsuit: #Amherst cops denied teen epilepsy medication, leading to life-threatening seizures. https://t.co/Z2VdKoG4pD via @PINACnews

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

@BobDunn413 Thank you so much!

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

.@BobDunn413 our copy of what they sent us is here for comparison. https://t.co/Swhf1a1ISP

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

.@BobDunn413 to us. Can we see the email? If they withheld it from us it would be interesting. Thank you! baystateexaminer @ G mail. com

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

.@BobDunn413 https://t.co/GSerReVRNz great story - We covered the Stankiewicz arrest too, but that quote wasn't in the emails turned over

[Chris Faraone @Fara1]

Not a complicated matter: Mass politicians are looking out for their own. To hell with the law: https://t.co/bMKFPPWwj3 #mapoli #FOIA

[Broken Records @BrokenRecordsMA]

The very process created to keep govt agencies transparent is in dire need of #transparency itself. https://t.co/GROIdOzllL #mapoli #FOIA

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

But their office doesn't follow the records law... they have no business training anyone. https://t.co/wSNFp7Ao7I

[Mass. Municipal Assn @massmunicipal]

.@MassAGO to offer free open meeting law training session for public officials on Oct 13 in Brockton. https://t.co/OsW0hNr8QD

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

@nanconnolly @TWallack the position is appointed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

#MassDrones https://t.co/YOw47C0feK

[Mass. Municipal Assn @massmunicipal]

.@HanoverMA one of first Mass towns to get @FAANews certified, trained for using drones. https://t.co/0HoT0chFTZ

[Broken Records @BrokenRecordsMA]

Reality: Anyone in govt can simply ignore public records requests and bury records they don’t want seen. https://t.co/C7wrIE4U7e #mapoli

[Bay State Examiner @BSExaminer]

#Boston police brutality march is huge. Probably thousands here.