Tori Bedford

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Reporter at GBH News (Boston, MA)

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Blank Street Coffee baristas move to unionize Boston locations

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

May 06, 2025 Employees at Blank Street Coffee, one of the fastest-growing national coffee chains in the country, have moved to form a union across the company’s seven Boston-area locations.
UMass, Harvard student visas revoked in ‘new stage’ of Trump immigration crackdown

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

April 07, 2025 Seventeen current and former international students from Harvard, UMass Boston and UMass Amherst had their visas revoked amid the Trump administration’s ongoing push to deport international students, according to announcements from the universities’ leadership over the weekend.
Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

March 26, 2025 A Tufts University international graduate student is in federal custody after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to an email sent Tuesday night from Tufts President Sunil Kumar and shared with GBH News. Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national and PhD student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, was arrested outside her off-campus apartment.
Boston mayor says police will target public drug use

Feb 27, 2025 | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

February 27, 2025 Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced an expansion of the city’s efforts to crack down on public drug use in response to rising complaints from residents.
Massachusetts student test scores take top spot

Jan 29, 2025 | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

January 29, 2025 Massachusetts ranked first in the nation on student math and reading assessments, according to new data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, but students’ overall average scores remain lower than they were before the 2020 pandemic. Governor Maura Healey touted Massachusetts’ top spot at a Wednesday press conference, but said more needs to be done to help students regain lost educational ground.
Wu called to testify in DC over Boston’s ‘sanctuary city’ policy

Jan 28, 2025 | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

January 28, 2025 House Republicans are calling Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to Washington, D.C., to testify on the city’s immigration-related policies they allege impede removing “dangerous criminals” from the United States. In a letter, James Comer, the Republican Chair of the House Oversight Committee, asked Wu and the mayors of New York, Chicago and Denver to answer questions at a Feb.
Earthquake off Maine coast felt throughout New England

Jan 27, 2025 | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

January 27, 2025 An earthquake near York Harbor, Maine, sent shocks throughout New England on Monday morning. A 3.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at 10:22 a.m., according to preliminary data from the United States Geological Survey. The shaking could be felt for a few seconds. Residents across Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island reported feeling the quake , saying it caused little to no damage where they were at the time. Official reports are not yet available.
Mass. sues to preserve birthright citizenship, challenge Trump’s order

Jan 21, 2025 | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

January 21, 2025 Within hours of his inauguration Monday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to outlaw birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States. The order, which is set to take effect Feb. 19, seeks to fundamentally change the principle that every baby born in the country is a U.S. citizen.
Needham voters reject zoning plan for new housing near commuter rail

Jan 15, 2025 | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

January 15, 2025 Needham residents struck down a zoning plan Tuesday that would have allowed the town to construct more units of multifamily housing than the minimum required to comply with the MBTA Communities Act, which demands new zoning in cities and towns served by transit.
Need health insurance for 2025? You’ve got 10 days.

Jan 13, 2025 | wgbh.org | Tori Bedford

January 13, 2025 Massachusetts residents who don’t have health or dental insurance have just 10 days to sign up before the state Health Connector’s open enrollment period ends on January 23.

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