A correction has been added to this story. THE STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION in Medicine has disciplined a New Jersey-based physician for prescribing prescription drugs over the internet without ever […]
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Data dive: State authorities
Freelance reporter Colman Herman had just finished gathering financial information from the state’s quasi-public authorities when the Boston Globe published its own story and chart examining the salaries of higher-paid […]
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Worcester man can’t believe doctor removed kidney in error
ALBERT HUBBARD of Worcester said he woke up from kidney-removal surgery in 2016 with his doctor sitting about a foot away from him with a “god-awful look on his face.” […]
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At MassHousing, $10K for a send-off tribute
A clarification has been added to this story to more fully explain the nature of the party. THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING Finance Agency has been through a rough patch when it […]
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Pols shifting stances on Mattapan line
WHAT APPEARS to be the MBTA’s preferred option for service between Mattapan and Ashmont Station on the Red Line is gaining support from most elected officials representing the area. For […]
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Heroux repurposing mayoral emails for campaign
ATTLEBORO MAYOR PAUL HEROUX, in what may be a violation of the state’s conflict of interest law, is pulling the addresses off the emails he receives in his official mayoral […]
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UMass Boston severs ties with Confucius Institute
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON has severed its ties with the Confucius Institute, an on-campus academic center funded by the Chinese government that has stirred controversy on campus and among […]
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Perfect storm led to healthy kidney removal
ANKUR PARIKH, a 37-year-old urologist, logged into the medical records system at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and examined what he thought was a CT kidney scan that had […]
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Problems on Mattapan line extend beyond trolleys
A HEAVILY REDACTED study on the future of the MBTA’s rail link between the Red Line’s Ashmont Station and Mattapan indicates problems associated with the line are not confined to […]
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Swampscott agreement deals with gender fluidity
When Swampscott elementary school principal Thomas Shannon Daniels first came out as transgender in February, he indicated his gender was fluid. “For me, that means I identify as both a […]
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DCR hiring a debt collection agency
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION and Recreation – the largest landowner in the state — is in the process of hiring a debt-collection company to go after tenants who owe […]
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Bump falls short of state’s audit deadlines
STATE AUDITOR SUZANNE BUMP’S office is legally required to audit 210 agencies every three years, but she has fallen short of that mark 29 times recently. Three cabinet-level agencies — […]
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Bump prods Baker on elder abuse reporting
STATE AUDITOR SUZANNE BUMP is prodding the Baker administration to do a better job of referring serious cases of elder abuse to district attorneys for possible prosecution, but state officials […]
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Draft lease sheds light on Kraft soccer plans
BOB KRAFT DIDN’T ASK for any government subsidies when he sought to build a soccer stadium on the former site of the Bayside Exposition Center in Dorchester’s Columbia Point neighborhood […]
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DCR, carousel negotiations go round and round
ONE DAY LAST SUMMER Leo Roy, the commissioner of the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation, showed up at the Paragon Carousel across from Nantasket Beach in Hull with some […]
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Chang exits with $267,383-plus
FORMER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS superintendent Tommy Chang received $267,383, the equivalent of one year’s salary, for agreeing to resign two years before his contract was scheduled to expire. According to […]
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Yawkey Way debate wasn’t really a debate
THE LONG and impassioned debate this spring over whether to change the name of Yawkey Way was largely an exercise in futility. Some of those participating in the four crowded […]
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How Capeless plotted succession plan
DAVID CAPELESS WORKED CLOSELY with Gov. Charlie Baker to choreograph the handoff of his job as Berkshire Country district attorney to a top aide, going so far as to pull […]
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What’s in a name?
BOSTON RED SOX OWNER John Henry says he is “haunted” by the fact that a street that abuts Fenway Park, Yawkey Way, is named after a man many consider to […]
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Lawmakers refuse to release records
THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR, and the judiciary are all exempt in one way or another from the state’s Public Records Law, but the governor and the judiciary sometimes voluntarily comply […]
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Inspirational talks are not cheap
EX-NBA SUPERSTAR KAREEM Abdul-Jabbar gave a speech at Bunker Hill Community College last October — not on how to shoot his patented skyhook, but on the weighty subject of “Islam: […]
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On records, State Police all about delay
THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE are not a big fan of transparency, as the agency’s policy on public records seems to be all about delay. The State Police regularly redact documents […]
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Trump makes it easier to not pay interns
The Trump administration just made it a lot easier for for-profit employers to legally benefit from the work of interns and not have to pay them, according to new rules […]
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UMass Boston’s Dr. Evil
“I AM NOW Dr. Evil,” said Barry Mills after it was reported that he planned to shut down the daycare center at the University of Massachusetts Boston as part of […]