Shira Schoenberg

Reporter, CommonWealth

About Shira Schoenberg

Shira Schoenberg is a reporter at CommonWealth magazine. Shira previously worked for more than seven years at the Springfield Republican/MassLive.com where she covered state politics and elections, covering topics as diverse as the launch of the legal marijuana industry, problems with the state's foster care system and the elections of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Gov. Charlie Baker. Shira won the Massachusetts Bar Association's 2018 award for Excellence in Legal Journalism and has had several stories win awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. Shira covered the 2012 New Hampshire presidential primary for the Boston Globe. Before that, she worked for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, where she wrote about state government, City Hall and Barack Obama's 2008 New Hampshire primary campaign. Shira holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

About Shira Schoenberg

Shira Schoenberg is a reporter at CommonWealth magazine. Shira previously worked for more than seven years at the Springfield Republican/MassLive.com where she covered state politics and elections, covering topics as diverse as the launch of the legal marijuana industry, problems with the state's foster care system and the elections of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Gov. Charlie Baker. Shira won the Massachusetts Bar Association's 2018 award for Excellence in Legal Journalism and has had several stories win awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. Shira covered the 2012 New Hampshire presidential primary for the Boston Globe. Before that, she worked for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, where she wrote about state government, City Hall and Barack Obama's 2008 New Hampshire primary campaign. Shira holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Stories by Shira Schoenberg

Step therapy bill moving in informal sessions

Passage still uncertain as insurer concerns remain

Trulieve defends response to worker’s death

Says Lorna McMurrey was offered paid time off

Cannabis regulators confirm agency was told quickly of worker’s death

Investigation into Trulieve conditions began before Lorna McMurrey’s passing

Cannabis commissioners learned ‘through the media’ about Holyoke death

Company says regulatory staff were notified immediately of incident at cultivation facility

Marijuana regulators grapple with chair’s former company ownership 

Cannabis commission postpones decision on Greenfield Greenery  

Auditor identifies $1.2 billion in unfunded mandates 

Biggest chunks relate to school transportation, special ed 

Advocates say Baker trying to gut prison mental health law

Governor ‘s proposal seeks to limit transfers to psychiatric facilities

Worker dies at Holyoke cannabis cultivation facility

OSHA fines Trulieve $35,000 after employee’s death

Medicaid waiver makes money available for housing, nutrition

$67b agreement also supports primary care, behavioral health

Two surgeons who are moms jump into politics

Form PAC to elect Democratic health care workers to Congress

Sports betting regulators confront licensing quirks

Applicants say temp licenses, head starts don’t make sense

Marijuana delivery companies seek repeal of two-driver rule

Businesses struggle with profitability; ‘It’s literally impossible’

Why are migrants being flown to Martha’s Vineyard? 

An explainer on the border crisis and how Mass. has been drawn into the fray

Mail-in voting didn’t boost primary turnout

Wealthier suburbs tended to use new voting method

Demand picking up a bit for new Omicron booster shots

Mass. reports 91,400 vaccine doses administered last week

Federal judge won’t intervene in Tran prosecution

Dismisses claims alleging political bias against Healey

Half of primary ballots cast before Election Day

Turnout was 21.8 percent with 1 million votes cast