The Student Dispatch

Up-and-coming college journalists writing about Massachusetts.

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Can community land trusts offer a model for solving the housing crisis in Massachusetts?

Ellie Bloom takes us into how community land trusts work and successes in the state.
https://t.co/oeZjr62pvd

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After the overturn of Roe v. Wade, lawmakers have taken steps to protect the right to abortion in Massachusetts.

However, many worry that crisis pregnancy centers have been using deceptive tactics to discourage abortions. Dahlia Lyss has the story:
https://t.co/WXnrjfhcuA

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Organic waste in Massachusetts landfills has become a major source of greenhouse gasses.

Ellie Bloom explains how the state's plan to divert food waste has not been enforced, and examines the impacts on local restaurants and the state's climate goals.
https://t.co/1GFLTQUdHO

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With employees leaving at unprecedented rates and difficulties hiring, towns and cities in Massachusetts are in a staffing crisis.

Jay Greenwald explains the difficulties municipalities are facing due to the pandemic and considers possible solutions.
https://t.co/bcD0HPFc5U

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A conservative shift in the national Libertarian party has led to divisions here in Massachusetts.

Summer Maxwell takes us into the split among Massachusetts Libertarians and their uncertain future in the state.
https://t.co/Rz4SBWo774

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Patient advocates say it will reduce barriers and make the step therapy process more efficient. Insurance companies worry it will raise costs:

Michael Weiskopf explores the impacts of the recently passed step therapy reform in Massachusetts.
https://t.co/n9DA2OSz5a

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In an attempt to reduce violent crime, the city of Holyoke has elected to implement a controversial gunshot detection technology.

Amanda Westlake takes us into the debate over Shotspotter in Holyoke.

https://t.co/iI65bakE7m

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Educational performance and MCAS scores are down in Massachusetts.

Summer Maxwell helps us understand the reasons behind these worrying trends and which communities in the state have been hardest hit.

https://t.co/xeeLznlvBr

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In our second article of the week, Amanda Westlake brings us into the effort to stop plans to build a new women's prison in Massachusetts.

https://t.co/ftnSdWIFov

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Should management of Bridgewater State Hospital be transferred from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health?

Summer Maxwell takes us into the debate over the future of the facility as Gov. Charlie Baker steps down.

https://t.co/sRhkVcc786

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Student Dispatch is back! In our first newsletter of Fall 2022:

Michael Weiskopf writes about Ballot Question #1.

Flora Meng takes us through the debate surrounding Question #4.

https://t.co/LNtUW860VO

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Check out @DispatchStudent Kate Seklir in @CommonWealthMag this morning, writing about free speech issues on college campuses.

https://t.co/g1cwJU1xWA

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Read Student Dispatch's Alex Sharp write in @CommonWealthMag about a complicated fight over liquor sales in Massachusetts.

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The Massachusetts Package Stores Association is pushing a “compromise” ballot question that would lift but not eliminate the cap on liquor licenses. https://t.co/SgAjkLA5aw

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Student Dispatch writer, Eric Spencer, recently wrote about the tipped minimum wage in Massachusetts. Read his article, published in @CommonWealthMag:

https://t.co/8pvYacY7Oe

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Free fares on transit aren't just a thing in Boston. In this week's newsletter, @yumeialin writes about regional transit in MA.

And Amelia Miller takes us through the upsides and downsides of remote internships.

https://t.co/tmk9qKca7L

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In today's newsletter from the Student Dispatch:

Kate Seklir writes about food insecurity among Mass. college students.

Claire Brennan and Sarah Kaplan summarize our convo with Rep. Auchincloss when he visited with us to talk about housing.
https://t.co/lr6m665w4w

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In the Seminar Room series, Jim Borghesani, who led communications for the marijuana legalization effort in MA, reflects back on the successes of that campaign.

https://t.co/XrmDw3JfEB

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Maddie Aitken takes us into the fraying relationships in MA schools over masks and vaccine mandates.

https://t.co/bSU9mteEBG

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Out today, Aroha Mackay on how Massachusetts communities are helping Afghan refugees resettle.

https://t.co/2H9weJxn8c

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In our Seminar Room series this week, writers reflect on their interview with Carolyn Ryan, Senior VP of @bostonchamber. We talk taxes, Covid, and more.

https://t.co/XrmDw3JfEB