While sports fans in New York have gotten used to placing sports wagers this year, Massachusetts has remained one of the last Northeast states without legal sports betting. But that is likely to change soon, after lawmakers hammered out a compromise bill in the late hours of the legislative session. That was just one of the bills that took shape in a flurry of last-minute deals on Beacon Hill. A lead negotiator was Longmeadow State Senator and Democratic lieutenant governor hopeful Eric Lesser.
Author Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic has spent years studying how figures in Washington secure power and hold on to it – often regardless...
We speak with ProPublica journalist Joaquin Sapien about his report on how New York state has approached the issue of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
We cover the forthcoming closure of six New York state prison facilities across the state. Last week, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision,...