Massachusetts high-school graduation rate dips after years of gains

Boston Public Schools also reported a decline in its graduation rate in 2023, but both the state and district remain near record levels set the year before. 3:17 p.m.

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‘Appalling failure’: Investigation finds R.I. has ‘routinely’ segregated children with disabilities by institutionalizing them

Rhode Island has repeatedly violated federal disability laws by over-hospitalizing children in state care who have behavioral disabilities, said US Attorney Zachary Cunha on Monday. 8:43 p.m.

How Black, rural voters in one state could upend the 2024 presidential Electoral College math

North Carolina represents the best state where Biden can go on offense in a state Donald Trump won in 2020. But key to winning is holding the line with rural Black voters in the state. 7:00 a.m.

Money, Power, Inequality

In some Boston hospitals, patients get lawyers, too

While medical professionals are trained for illnesses of the body, it’s difficult to navigate patients’ legal matters whether that’s a landlord refusing to cooperate or a need to make calls to help them connect to the right resource. That's where the lawyers step in. 2:29 p.m.

Shattuck’s cottage community, a relief to the unsheltered at Mass. and Cass, to close this summer

Residents in the shelter program are being offered alternative housing, officials said. 6:00 a.m.

Money, Power, Inequality

Why appraisal bias lingers in Black neighborhoods, even as Boston outperforms most of the country

Despite efforts to root out this form of discrimination in recent years, the goal remains elusive. 6:33 p.m.

Boston made some of its busiest MBTA bus routes fare-free. Why hasn’t Cambridge?

Cambridge city councilors and transit activists have been pushing for years to make the popular 1 bus fare-free, just as Boston has done on three of its busiest bus routes. But officials say it's not on the table for at least another year. 5:56 p.m.