BOSTON (WWLP) – The Office of the Inspector General has released a critical report on Massachusetts’ public defense system, characterizing it as “broken, expensive and resistant to oversight.” The ...
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As if sci-fi role-playing Exodus didn't already look enough like Mass Effect, developer Archetype has revealed a binary morality system for the game that works in almost exactly the same way - except ...
The state’s inspector general is coming down hard on the public defense system in Massachusetts, which provides legal representation to poor people, calling it highly expensive, inefficient, and ...
The public defender system in Massachusetts is "broken" and is one of the most costly in the country, according to a scathing new report from the state's inspector general. The report said the state ...
It's been an eventful week in science news. Astronauts on the ISS were briefly ordered to shelter in place after the discovery of an air leak in the transfer tunnel, NASA officially declared its MAVEN ...
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 4:30 p.m. June 10, 2026, to add comments from Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti for the Committee for Public Counsel Services, and the Massachusetts Association ...