Hundreds of women in communities across the state are far from their extended families, facing the profound emotional and physical toll of pregnancy in a foreign land with no place to call home.
Governor Healey expressed outrage this week about a drug and gun arrest at a state shelter. But records show the state has been aware of crimes reported in the Massachusetts-run system.
Organizations that created lists of campus activists said they provided the Trump administration with a roadmap for locating international students to detain and deport.
Seven people targeted by the government in recent weeks were flagged on a list compiled by a Zionist group that says it's helping the Trump administration's deportation efforts.
The state gave a Chicopee nonprofit $9.3 million to operate a homeless shelter. More than $1 million of it was paid to a grocery store, owned by a board member, that supplied meals.