The Codcast

MARYLOU SUDDERS, the Baker administration’s point person on COVID-19, says she is finally feeling hopeful. CommonWealth Magazine · Sudders says she is hopeful for the first timeVaccines are being rolled […]

It’s a difficult situation — keeping a business open while balancing public health regulations to keep surging coronavirus cases at bay. CommonWealth Magazine · Restaurants — a COVID catastropheDoug Bacon, […]

Last year, The Hill called Rep. Katherine Clark “the most powerful woman in the Capitol you’ve probably never heard of.” CommonWealth Magazine · Soon-to-be Assistant House Speaker Katherine ClarkIn January, […]

Jim Hunt says community health centers got their start in Massachusetts because of the old axiom that all politics is local. CommonWealth Magazine · Jim Hunt and the Mass. League […]

It will probably be summer before Massachusetts residents can start getting marijuana legally delivered to their home, warned Devin Alexander, vice president of the Massachusetts Cannabis Association for Delivery CommonWealth […]

Some of the shortcuts in the democratic process we have come to take for granted – consolidated budget amendments, limitations on debate, and conference committees resolving differences in House and […]

Everyone agrees children learn best in the classroom, but not every community is convinced it can be done safely when COVID-19 cases are growing within their borders. CommonWealth Magazine · […]

With the 2020 election in the rearview mirror, the Massachusetts Democratic Party is gearing up for its next fight: to retake the governorship in two years. Speaking on the Codcast, […]

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts allowed no-excuse mail-in voting for the first time this year as well as expanded early voting – and millions of voters took advantage. CommonWealth […]

With the presidential election now eight days away, we have a pretty good sense of where things stand. Or do we? CommonWealth Magazine · Presidential polls and politics in the […]

Massachusetts voters will decide on the November ballot whether to overhaul the state’s system of voting by switching to ranked-choice voting for most non-presidential elections. CommonWealth Magazine · The two […]

Massachusetts voters will decide on the November ballot whether to overhaul the state’s system of voting by switching to ranked-choice voting for most non-presidential elections. CommonWealth Magazine · The two […]

MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH care costs are expected to actually drop this year because of a decline in non-COVID care, but the executive director of the state’s Health Policy Commission says many […]

FOR ANDREA CAMPBELL, action is what distinguishes her platform and ideas from Mayor Marty Walsh. CommonWealth Magazine · Andrea Campbell says Boston primed for changeCampbell, a black District 4 city […]

Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu confirmed earlier this month what had been widely speculated for more than a year — she will run for mayor next year.  CommonWealth Magazine · […]

I took a Red Line train last week that was crowded according to the MBTA’s COVID-19 crowding standards, but the consensus on this week’s Codcast was that I didn’t need to worry. […]

With less than two weeks until school starts, parents from Somerville and Newton say they have yet to get any details on what classes will look like for their children […]

The federal government allows states to recoup Medicaid costs after the deaths of patients who use the program. Estate recovery allows homes to be seized and sold to pay off […]

Nearly everyone agrees that when Joe Kennedy launched his primary challenge nearly a year  ago to Sen. Ed Markey, the son of the state’s most storied political family looked like […]

FOR MONTHS, school districts were struggling to decide whether to reopen schools in person, with little guidance from the state as to what thresholds to use to make that decision. […]

FOR MONTHS, school districts were struggling to decide whether to reopen schools in person, with little guidance from the state as to what thresholds to use to make that decision. […]

MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS GIVE Gov. Charlie Baker very high marks in general and for his handling of the COVID-19 crisis, but two guests on the CommonWealth Codcast criticized him for failing to […]

TWO BAY STATE REFERENDUM questions will appear on the ballot this fall in Massachusetts, along with a third in Maine. The referendum in Maine can be considered a Massachusetts question because […]