TWO WEEKS AGO, the biggest question facing the state Legislature was what the Senate would do with the House’s $600 million transportation revenue package. The House was developing its version […]
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Is the New York Times getting too big?
IN THE WORLD of journalism, everyone’s talking about the debut media column of Ben Smith at the New York Times. Smith recounts how six years ago, when he was the […]
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Walsh looks to get past zoning board scandal
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH signed an executive order Monday to limit potential conflicts of interest on the city’s Zoning Board of Appeal, an effort to put behind him a scandal that […]
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DOC says prisoner suing agency assaulted officers
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION on Wednesday tried to turn the tables on a prisoner who alleged the agency violated his civil rights and assaulted him by accusing the inmate […]
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House revises marijuana law
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE MARIJUANA REGULATORS would be empowered to “review, regulate, and enforce” the legally-required contracts between marijuana businesses and their host communities under legislation adopted by the […]
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House jumps back into pot policy
It’s been five months since House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he was unaware of any legislation filed by the Cannabis Control Commission seeking to change state laws around agreements between marijuana […]
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What’s getting me through tough times
IT’S BEEN a rough time. In September, my mother died. She was 93 and lived a long life but we were very close, and her death (following a horrific week […]
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MTF projects $900m funding gap in FY21
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH A SLOWDOWN in tax revenues expected and spending pressures escalating, Gov. Charlie Baker and the Legislature will grapple with a gap between likely revenues and […]
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Rent control draws crowd to State House
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A LYNN WOMAN told lawmakers she may have to move her family after a 35 percent rent increase. A Mattapan great-grandmother said she will go to […]
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Schoenberg joining CommonWealth
VETERAN STATE HOUSE REPORTER Shira Schoenberg is joining the staff of CommonWealth magazine later this month. She will be replacing Andy Metzger, who moved to Philadelphia at the end of […]
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Metro Boston, free subway paper, shuts down
Metro Boston, the free daily tabloid known for its provocative front pages, abruptly ceased operations Wednesday after providing commuters with news for nearly two decades. The Boston Business Journal’s Don […]
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Offshore wind tax credit doesn’t make cut
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CLIMATE ADVOCATES and industry groups were critical of the US House this week after a long-term extension of a tax credit designed to assist offshore wind […]
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Baker mystified by response to vaping ban
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH HIS TEMPORARY BAN on vaping product sales set to end next week when public health officials adopt a new set of vaping rules, Gov. Charlie […]
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Say goodbye to flavored tobacco products
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS ON WEDNESDAY became the first state in the country to prohibit retail sales of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. Gov. Charlie Baker also […]
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DiMasi: ‘I’ve paid my debt to society’
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER Salvatore DiMasi on Tuesday made a public appeal for a “second chance” after his conviction on federal corruption charges eight years ago, resuming his battle with Secretary […]
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Margaret Low hired for WBUR’s top spot
BELMONT NATIVE Margaret Low is getting quite a homecoming —a job heading Boston public radio powerhouse WBUR-FM. Her role as the outlet’s general manager and chief executive officer begins January 13. She spent more than three decades at […]
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House bans flavored vaping and tobacco products
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE voted Wednesday to ban the sale of flavored vaping and tobacco products — including mint and menthol cigarettes — and to impose an […]
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It’s time to pass the Healthy Youth Act
IN 1992, responding to high rates of suicide attempts among gay and lesbian youth and reports of pervasive anti-gay bullying in schools, Gov. William Weld created the first-in-the-nation Governor’s Commission […]
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Rivera pushes ‘zombie property’ legislation
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EVERY CITY IN MASSACHUSETTS has one or two, and in Lawrence, there are hundreds, Mayor Daniel Rivera said Thursday: vacant properties that aren’t being developed, because […]
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Judge allows Baker vaping ban to continue
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN A RULING critical of how Gov. Charlie Baker went about banning the sale of all vaping products for four months, a Superior Court judge on […]
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Pot store’s flower cupboard is bare
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MARIJUANA STORE closest to Boston is out of marijuana flower for non-medical customers while it waits to get test results back from labs that must […]
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Baker: State workers should pay leave costs
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH A NEW TAX to fund the state’s paid family and medical leave program set to take effect Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker rejected calls by the […]
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Body cameras will accompany pot deliveries
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE’S CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION on Tuesday approved home delivery of marijuana by drivers wearing body cameras and also backed the development of establishments where adults […]
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Globe claims progress in talks; union disagrees
THE PARENT COMPANY of the Boston Globe sent out an email Friday to union members claiming the two sides have reached tentative agreement on a number of issues, but the union downplayed […]
