THE BLOW DELIVERED by National Grid and NStar to Cape Wind extends to New Bedford’s Marine Commerce Terminal that would have served as the major staging area for construction of […]
Gabrielle Gurley
Gabrielle covers several beats, including mass transit, municipal government, child welfare, and energy and the environment. Her recent articles have explored municipal hiring practices in Pittsfield, public defender pay, and medical marijuana, and she has won several national journalism awards for her work. Prior to coming to CommonWealth in 2005, Gabrielle wrote for the State House News Service, The Boston Globe, and other publications. She launched her media career in broadcast journalism with C-SPAN in Washington, DC. The Philadelphia native holds degrees from Boston College and Georgetown University.
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service
CDCs applaud new tax credit program
As the year’s end brings a barrage of appeals from nonprofit groups hoping to capitalize on the spirit of holiday giving, the state’s community development corporations are making a pitch […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download
Vivek Murthy and the ghosts of surgeon generals past
Brigham and Women’s Dr. Vivek Murthy finally becomes the US Surgeon General (if only due to procedural quirk in the often quirky Senate where old-timers like Harry Reid can get the […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download, Transportation
Boston’s Olympic transportation dilemma
If a door falls off of a moving Green Line train and the US Olympic Committee doesn’t hear it, does Boston still get a chance to host the 2024 Olympics? […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics, State House News Service, The Download
Boston police resist peer pressure on body cameras
As police forces across the country start saying “yes” to body cameras, can Hub police continue to equivocate? The Boston Globe finds that State Police are working on a body camera […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
Boston teachers hit top salaries fast
CORRECTION: Due to miscalculations in the original National Council on Teacher Quality report, the data furnished to CommonWealth contained errors in the cost of living adjusted rankings. The story has […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Commuter rail firm hit with $804,000 in fines
Transportation officials on Wednesday hit the state’s commuter rail operator with $804,000 in performance-related fines after just four months on the job. Keolis, the French company that runs commuter rail […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care, State House News Service
Westminster tobacco ban stirs outrage
Don’t even think about prying cigarettes from their cold, dead hands. The right to smoke, or more properly, the right to consume legal products has roiled Westminster for weeks. The […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Giant slayer
You’ve guided the successful campaigns of newbie candidates such as Deval Patrick, Elizabeth Warren, Boston city councilor Michelle Wu, and now Maura Healey. What’s your secret? It’s all about doing […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Polito’s low-profile campaign for lt. gov.
Karyn Polito at the Baker-Polito Campaign Boston headquarters Karyn Polito, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, is both a plus and a minus in Charlie Baker’s run for governor against […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
The ultimate Lawrence grudge match
Anyone who thought they’d seen the last of William Lantigua on Beacon Hill should pay close attention on Election Day. The former mayor is back on the campaign trail in […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, Transportation
Jobs trump politics in T’s China deal
The Patrick administration is coming under fire for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s decision to award a $566.6 million MBTA subway car manufacturing contract to a Chinese railcar maker. But […]
Posted inGambling, State House News Service
Gaming Panel: Wynn in dark on land owners
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission gave no indication Thursday whether it planned go back to the drawing board on a Greater Boston casino license after receiving a Suffolk Downs request to […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Falchuk’s three percent solution
Evan Falchuk (center), independent candidate for governor, flanked, left to right, by Jeff McCormick, Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker at the Hispanic Heritage Breakfast, Boston. Evan Falchuk got off to […]
Posted inBallot Questions, Environment, Politics, State House News Service
Gas tax indexing ballot question could stump voters
Polls indicate voters are split on whether the state’s gas tax should be indexed to inflation, but it’s unclear whether the tight race is a reflection of real policy differences […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
DeLeo’s extended term dalliance
Federal prosecutors never went directly after House Speaker Robert DeLeo in the recently concluded Probation Department trial that snared three key department officials. But by labeling him an unindicted co-conspirator, […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Patrick makes nice with journalists from away
Deval Patrick, the nation’s only African American governor, made a predictable trip down legacy lane during the National Association of Black Journalists’ recent convention in Boston. Patrick celebrated how his […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Rally supports accepting undocumented children
Immigration advocates gathered in the shadow of the Irish Famine Memorial in downtown Boston Monday to urge support for housing undocumented children who have streamed into the United States in […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
CommonWealth’s coverage of the Probation trial verdict
3 Probation defendants found guilty by jury Fraudulent hires linked to DeLeo, Murray, other lawmakers A federal jury found former state Probation Department commissioner John O’Brien guilty of mail fraud, […]
Posted inPolitics
A stain on the dome
The guilty finding was made at the federal courthouse on Boston’s waterfront, but its reverberations were loudest a mile away at the State House. No legislators were formally charged in […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service, The Download
Market Basket, Arthur T, and the American Dream
Thousands of angry Market Basket workers have elevated ousted Market CEO Arthur T. Demoulas as close to god-hood as a man can get. More than 5,000 employees turned out to […]
Posted inGambling, State House News Service, The Download
A Massachusetts billionaire could torpedo Atlantic City once and for all
Why paddle around with the little fish when you can swim with the big ones? That seems to be the calculation made by venture capitalist Paul Fireman, the founder and […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Caught in a time warp
Members of the Berkshire County NAACP, with Will Singleton in center in drawstring pants. Will singleton didn’t know what to make of it. The retired Pittsfield native had been back […]
Posted inEnvironment, State House News Service, The Download
The Bay State wants to see this pipeline burst
In Washington, when it comes to knock-down, drag-out fights over environmental costs and energy demands, the Keystone XL Pipeline controversy has sucked most of the air out of the proverbial […]