STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ONE OF THE MBTA’s new Orange Line trains derailed in a work zone near Wellington Station on Tuesday morning, creating significant delays while passengers were shifted […]
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New vaccine pre-registration system coming
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TWELVE WEEKS into the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday that a new vaccine appointment pre-registration system his administration is launching Friday will […]
Posted inTransportation
Boncore bill backs fare-free MBTA
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A THREE-STEP, 12-cent gas tax increase, fare-free MBTA and regional transit authority buses, new surcharges on parking space rentals and purchases, higher ride-hailing fees and more […]
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State vaccine website gets upgrade
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE’S Â COVID-19 vaccine website now lists available appointments for some locations, part of a new platform the Baker administration launched Friday to smooth the sometimes-challenging […]
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Vaccination rollout expands, includes Fenway Park
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MORE THAN A DOZEN Massachusetts pharmacies will administer thousands of COVID-19 vaccines through a new federal partnership, a mass vaccination site will open at Fenway Park […]
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Most T cuts will stand even with new fed money
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MBTA will receive at least $250 million in federal funding under the latest COVID-19 stimulus package, but agency officials plan to move forward with most […]
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Weekend commuter rail ending on most, but not all, lines
STATE HOUAE NEWS SERVICE COMMUTER RAIL riders will feel the pinch of reduced weekend schedules later this month. In the first salvo of MBTA service cuts approved in December, trains […]
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Baker files bill to ease UI costs for businesses
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESSES would face smaller increases in taxes they pay to fund the state unemployment system over the next two years, under a new bill Gov. […]
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MBTA service cuts called unnecessary
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MBTA OVERESTIMATED its budget deficit and could erase its argument for a controversial package of service cuts by using a less conservative outlook, according to […]
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Healey sues Boston Sports Clubs
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON SPORTS CLUBS gyms showed “total disregard” for members during the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing to charge fees to customers who tried to cancel, Attorney General […]
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With travel way down, Massport to cut workforce 25%
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FACING MASSIVE financial strain inflicted by the pandemic, the Massachusetts Port Authority plans to slash its workforce by about 25 percent through a combination of voluntary […]
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Weymouth settles compressor fight, collects $10m
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH will drop its ongoing legal fight against a controversial natural gas project, and energy giant Enbridge will pay the municipality $10 million […]
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Toting up how T does under Baker budget plan
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S updated annual budget would direct less money to the MBTA’s operations than the version he filed before the pandemic hit Massachusetts, but the […]
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Fed chief: Stimulus package ‘sorely needed’
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S failure to approve another stimulus bill endangers economic recovery from the pandemic-inflicted recession, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston cautioned […]
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Judges urged to delay eviction hearings until Jan. 1
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASSACHUSETTS JUDICIARY should intervene to prevent a potential surge of tens of thousands of housing removals that could hit when the state’s temporary ban on […]
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Cost-benefit analysis of East-West rail grim
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NEW STATE PROJECTIONS indicate a passenger rail expansion to western Massachusetts could attract 278,000 to 469,000 riders per year at a cost ranging between $2.4 billion […]
Posted inEconomy
Employers face huge hike in UI taxes
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT SOARING, Â state lawmakers are considering ways to soften the blow from a major impending increase in the taxes employers pay toward the state’s unemployment […]
Posted inEducation
Promising results with early college programs
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HIGHLIGHTING NEW DATA showing greater academic success among high school students who take college courses, education experts called Wednesday for Massachusetts to continue investing in early […]
Posted inEconomy
Unemployment in Lawrence is 31%
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HIGHEST-IN-THE-NATION unemployment rate in Massachusetts declined slightly in July, but the statewide figure masks wide disparities in the state of joblessness across different areas of […]
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Black State House staffers raise voices
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE POINTING TO RACISM they have faced during their work on Beacon Hill, a coalition of black state legislative employees urged Democratic leaders to reform hiring practices, […]
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Senate to tackle transportation with borrowing, not taxes
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SENATE WILL NOT take up a House-approved, half billion-dollar package of transportation tax and fee increases this lawmaking session, instead focusing attention on an omnibus […]
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Mass. education officials slam ICE reversal
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A NEW FEDERAL IMMIGRATION policy ordering international students to leave the country if their colleges or universities offer online-only classes this fall has prompted an outcry […]
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Lawmakers back extension of existing MBTA control board
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE AND SENATE leaders reached an agreement Thursday to keep the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board in place for another year and to scrap a […]
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Mass. unemployment claims unexpectedly increase
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NEW STANDARD UNEMPLOYMENT claims in Massachusetts bounced back up last week after nine straight weeks of decline, even as claims at the national level continued to […]
