STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. MAURA HEALEY doubled down on her tax relief plan on Friday, insisting that a shortfall in state revenue that has plunged this year’s state budget […]
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Posted inEducation
Licensing changes eyed to address teacher shortage
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE EDUCATION board is exploring new ways to address the statewide teacher shortage through more “flexible” regulations for specialized educators. Board members voted Tuesday to […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Convention center tosses redevelopment proposals
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE’S INDEPENDENT convention center authority canceled and rejected controversial redevelopment proposals for a piece of land in South Boston after officials accused it of using […]
Posted inHealth Care
Travel nurses fill a gap but also create problems
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AN INCREASING RELIANCE on travel nurses is contributing to high turnover rates among nurses in Massachusetts, as health care remains strapped by labor shortages here and […]
Posted inEducation
METCO students, parents lobby for more funding
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS and parents roamed the halls of the State House this week  to ask state lawmakers to support increased funding for the largest school […]
Posted inEnvironment
Healey tax credit could help ease cost of septic system repairs
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A SINGLE SENTENCE in Gov. Maura Healey’s tax plan that went largely under the radar during the governor’s media tour last week could mean a significant […]
Posted inHealth, State Government, State House News Service
Source: Healey picks BMC chief to head health and human services
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. MAURA HEALEY has tapped Kate Walsh, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center, to lead the state’s sprawling health and human services secretariat, the largest […]
Posted inImmigration, State Government, State House News Service
House leaders wary of Baker prediction on immigrants
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FORMER GOVERNOR Charlie Baker’s warnings that the state’s emergency assistance shelter system is overfilling with migrants and will not be able to guarantee spots for eligible […]
Posted inPolitics
Healey files bill funding housing, economic development
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SAYING SHE WANTS her administration to be known as one “driving economic development,” growth, and opportunity, Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday announced plans to put before […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Campbell takes office guided by personal experiences
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN A CEREMONY focused on the historic “firsts” of Andrea Campbell’s inauguration as Massachusetts’ first Black woman elected to be attorney general — and the family […]
Posted inEducation
Top Democrats assessing alternatives to MCAS
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TOP DEMOCRATS are leaving the door open to reassessing the role of Massachusetts’ long-controversial standardized testing system as some education advocates reinvigorate calls to abolish the […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment, State Government, State House News Service
Healey plucks AG aide as energy, environment secretary
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE REBECCA TEPPER, currently the chief of the energy and environment bureau in the attorney general’s office, will continue working under Maura Healey in the new year, […]
Posted inTransportation
App-based drivers make push for a union
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EVERYONE IN the State House and surrounding area of downtown Boston heard app-based drivers calls Wednesday afternoon for collective bargaining rights — or at least they […]
Posted inTransportation
The long GLX wait is over
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HUNDREDS OF EXCITED riders crowded into trains going north of Lechmere Station for the first time Monday morning, eagerly chattering to other passengers about their experiences […]
Posted inEducation
60% of Mass. high school grads stay, work here
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ABOUT 60 PERCENT of students who graduated from Massachusetts public high schools over the last 10 years were employed in the state years after graduation, according […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
DoorDash busted for alcohol deliveries
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE ALCOHOL regulators busted DoorDash and Uber Eats this weekend for delivering alcohol to Boston-area college students. Students, mostly around 19-years-old, ordered and paid for the […]
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Waste ban ratchets up recycling
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A REGULATION from environmental regulators aims to reduce food waste in the state starting in November, moving toward the goal of reducing 30 percent of all […]
Posted inTransportation
Bluebikes ridership soared during Orange Line shutdown
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DURING THE 30 DAYS that the Orange Line and Green Line extension were closed, a record number of people turned to Bluebikes to get around the […]
Posted inEconomy
Convention business rebounding strongly in 2022
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER TWO YEARS when its gathering halls were nearly empty of traditional big events, save for COVID vaccination clinics, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority officials on Thursday […]
Posted inEducation
Coalition says education gap has widened
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THREE YEARS after the Student Opportunity Act was signed to address educational inequity, pledging $1.5 billion to the public education system by 2027, low-income and minority […]
Posted inEnvironment
State burying, burning too much banned material
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A COALITION of environmental organizations under the name Zero Waste Massachusetts released a report Thursday morning that examines the effectiveness of waste bans, and calls on […]