Chris Burrell
Reporter at GBH News (Boston, MA)
Investigative reporter @GBHNews. Former @patriotledger @vineyardgazette @WBUR
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4 days ago |
nepm.org | Chris Burrell
Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email GBH News / GBH NewsThe GBH headquarters at 1 Guest St., Boston, on May 22, 2024. Faced with funding difficulties and revenue shortfalls, GBH announced Monday it was laying off 45 staff members, representing 6% of its workforce.
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4 days ago |
wgbh.org | Chris Burrell
June 02, 2025 Faced with funding difficulties and revenue shortfalls, GBH announced Monday it was laying off 45 staff members, representing 6% of its workforce. Monday’s action comes just two weeks after GBH made changes to its WORLD channel program and laid off nine staff members, citing cuts from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. “Media — and public media in particular — is facing multiple challenges,” GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg wrote in a staff email Monday.
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5 days ago |
wgbh.org | Chris Burrell
June 02, 2025 Massachusetts is still seeing strong demand for driver’s licenses, a trend some policy analysts are linking to undocumented immigrants choosing a path to legal driving that could protect them amid a heightened federal immigration crackdown. Demand for adults’ standard licenses and permits surged two summers ago when a new state law went into effect: Anyone, regardless of immigration status, can get the documents to legally drive in Massachusetts.
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2 weeks ago |
wgbh.org | Chris Burrell
May 19, 2025 Merrimack Valley officials are planning to launch New England’s first-ever zero emission ferry next year to provide passenger service on the Merrimack River between Haverhill, Amesbury and Newburyport. The small scale project is being eyed by other transit officials as a kind of proof-of-concept that could open the door to wider use of zero-emission boats around the state.
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1 month ago |
wgbh.org | Chris Burrell
The series From Colony to Commonwealth steps back in time to the dank taverns, fledgling newsrooms and spy routes of colonial Massachusetts. As the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary, we’re tracing the commonwealth’s tumultuous path to self-governance. Just over 250 years ago, 26-year-old Isaiah Thomas was in danger. The young printer of The Massachusetts Spy, a newspaper hostile to the British crown, packed up his printing press in Boston.
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Prison surgeon "stands out in pretty serious botched surgeries that made people permanently disabled." Great investigation by @jbmckim https://t.co/LFVWrb7srB
MA Gov-elect @maura_healey pledges “to expand access to our treasured beaches” addressing barriers to Mass coastline. @GBHNews & beachgoers w/ bated breath will be watching for that. https://t.co/X6NkNCuhqm
In New York state, letting undocumented immigrants drive legally led to a steep decline in arrests of unlicensed drivers, says court data @gbhnews obtained. That's improved road safety and freed cops to pursue more serious crimes, say police. https://t.co/jWQxtvk51k