Gov. Deval Patrick issued a press release in September announcing seven new appointees to the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees. The release contained all the basics: their names, their […]
Mariah Sondergard
Posted inEnvironment, Transportation
State, local officials prep for ethanol trains
Most of the ethanol that is mixed with gasoline in Massachusetts enters the state by ship or fuel truck, but that will change next year when Global Petroleum Corp. begins […]
Posted inEconomy
Have you noticed a change in downtown Boston?
In five months on the job, the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District says it has hauled away 32,000 pounds of trash and removed 1,500 graffiti sites. It has organized art […]
Posted inHealth Care
Group seeks repeal of health insurance mandate
Massachusetts Citizens for Life said today it intends to place a referendum question on next year’s ballot that would repeal the health insurance mandate contained in the 2006 state health […]
Posted inHealth Care
Health compromise becomes law
What started as an all-out battle over municipal health care reform ended today in a show of kumbaya at the State House as the proposed reforms became law. Gov. Deval […]
Posted inHealth Care
Health care panel’s money word is market
The money word during a panel discussion yesterday among health care executives was “market.” Market clout gives some providers an unfair advantage by allowing them to demand higher payments, said […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics
Report: Senate health plan guts savings
An amendment in the Senate version of municipal health care reform would result in the measure coming up short of the $100 million savings target because of its requirement that […]
Posted inEconomy
Many states trimming their film tax credits
Massachusetts is aggressively courting Hollywood productions with its film tax credit, but the movie-making tax incentives have lost some of their luster in other states, according to a new study […]