The high court in Massachustts rejected arguments that would have made it much harder to access records of police misconduct. wbur.org/news/2024/04/2…

I have now tried to call Federal Student Aid four times for help with an application and each time they tell me about "historically high call volumes" and hang up. Can't get online chat. Deadlines are next week. No wonder this man has stepped down. nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/….

NEW: A Northeastern U. student organizer tells GBH News the first student arrested during campus protests against the war in Gaza will appear in court this morning. They tell me he is Jewish student and claim the school targeted him for being a lead organizer.

.Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan tells me she’s considering hate crime charges, and what evidence points to those. 👇🏼 wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News #mapoli on 89-7.

“...the Pulitzer Prize Board would like to recognize the tireless efforts of student journalists across our nation’s college campuses, who are covering protests and unrest in the face of great personal and academic risk.”

early morning raid at MIT: at around 4am, police in riot gear raided the MIT pro-Palestine encampment, per MIT Coalition Against Apartheid livestream around 10 students who held the encampment have been arrested, tents being cleared out by officers now instagram.com/mit_caa/live/1…

"What kind of system is this?" Jenifer Mckim GBH News wgbh.org/news/local/202…

Not too late to join this free and necessary webinar hosted by New England First Amendment Coalition us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Debt collectors seizing cars for decades-old charged-off credit card bills. wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News Investigative Reporters & Editors NCLC Greater Boston Legal Services Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Andrea Joy Campbell Maura Healey

My phone isn’t working in Paris and no one I’ve reached at AT&T News seems to even know this is an international issue. Three others I know also without service. What’s going on?

Michigan and Massachusetts are the only two states where the governor’s office claims to be completely exempt from public records laws. Massachusetts could soon be alone. #FOIA

What’s update on international phone outage? I ended up lost in Paris without service yesterday. Worse things I know, but not ideal. @atthelp AT&T News The New York Times

Wish her best of luck: Brockton names new interim superintendent amid turmoil wgbh.org/news/education… GBH News Liz Neisloss

“If you see somebody that seems a little disoriented or they’re passed out in the sun and not moving much, don’t take a chance on passing them by,”-- Extreme heat poses deadly risks for people experiencing homelessness in Boston wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH Tori Bedford

Two years in, the volume of calls to mental health hotline 988 has jumped, and centers are seeking staffers to accommodate the need and reduce wait times. Two years in, Massachusetts 988 mental health hotline has received more than 130,000 calls wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News

Somerville grapples with a rise in unsheltered homelessness wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News Tori Bedford City of Somerville End Homelessness MACoalition/Homeless

Union leaders, Ma/Boston pols join to support labor and Kamala Harris in Boston today. @gbhnews

Gov. Maura Healey speaking in favor of Kamala Harris today at labor event in downtown Boston. “Reach out to your union brothers and sisters… because this election really really matters.” @gbhnews