MASSACHUSETTS IS ALREADY struggling to keep pace with emergency housing needs for migrants, many fleeing unsafe political conditions in other countries. A new report from the state’s climate chief warns […]
Climate migration to Massachusetts ‘an urgent concern’
Posted inOpinion
Follow the sun, push for permanent Standard Time
ON NOVEMBERÂ 5, residents of Massachusetts and most other states will return to a behavior that offers them better health outcomes, better sleep, better school performance, and increased workplace safety […]
Posted inState Government
MGM casino in Springfield agrees to $6.8m wage theft settlement
MGM SPRINGFIELD, a resort casino in Springfield, agreed to a $6.8 million settlement for violating wage and hour laws that impacted over 2,000 of its employees. This settlement comes as […]
Posted inTransportation
Blue Line ridership disappointing during and after tunnel closure
THE SUMNER TUNNEL shutdown on July 5 prompted an increase in MBTA passenger levels on subways, buses, ferries, and commuter rail, but the increase wasn’t as big as expected and […]
Posted inEnvironment
Climate report calls for decarbonization cost tally
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS NEEDS to shift from an era of statewide planning for climate policy to the key details of implementing it, according to a new report from […]
Posted inThe Download
The Download: Black Lives Matter comment stirs Boston City Council race
A TOP CONTENDER for one of Boston’s four City Council at-large seats is drawing heat for stating Black Lives Matter set race relations back 50 years. Bridget Nee-Walsh, a union ironworker […]
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Black Lives Matter comment stirs Boston City Council race
A TOP CONTENDER for one of Boston’s four City Council at-large seats is drawing heat for stating Black Lives Matter set race relations back 50 years. Bridget Nee-Walsh, a union […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA bus network redesign put off until end of 2024
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER PAUSING the campaign due to a shortage of drivers, MBTA officials are hopeful they can revive an effort to overhaul and expand the bus network […]
Posted inTransportation
GLX repairs could take 14 days
THE MBTA is considering a proposal to slightly widen the tracks on most of the Green Line extension to Somerville and Medford by shutting the system down early for 10 […]
Posted inHealth, Media
Campbell leads legal challenge to Meta’s Facebook, Instagram
ATTORNEY GENERAL Andrea Campbell filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Meta Platforms, alleging that the company’s Facebook and Instagram platforms violated Massachusetts consumer protection laws by knowingly utilizing methods to hook […]
Posted inHealth Care
State on course to improve dental care
DESPITE THE CLEAR link between oral health care and an individual’s overall health, approximately one-third of all American adults between the ages of 19 and 64 lack dental insurance. As […]
Posted inPolitics
Fattmans, AG reach settlement, agree to pay $192,000
ATTORNEY GENERAL Andrea Campbell on Tuesday released a settlement agreement with Sen. Ryan Fattman and his wife Stephanie Fattman, the register of probate in Worcester County, in which the couple […]
Posted inThe Download
Healey administration backs Somerset project
WITH A CRITICAL vote nearing in a divided town, the Healey administration urged officials in Somerset to keep moving forward with a factory at Brayton Point that could become a […]
Posted inEnergy, State Government
Healey administration backs Somerset project
WITH A CRITICAL VOTE nearing in a divided town, the Healey administration urged officials in Somerset to keep moving forward with a factory at Brayton Point that could become a […]
Posted inOpinion
Advice from 2 mothers whose children died from meningitis
AS MOTHERS who have both lost a child, we often say we’re in a club that we want no one else to ever join. We started our individual foundations and […]
Posted inHousing, Immigration
Don’t count on feds for shelter funding, Healey told
GOV. MAURA HEALEY’S call for a cap on the state’s emergency shelter program received tepid support on Monday from the Senate president and House speaker, who said the federal solution […]
Posted inHousing
Accessory dwelling units eyed as low-hanging housing win
A SMALL PART OF the solution to the state’s glaring housing shortage could be in everyone’s backyard. Gov. Maura Healey’s $4.1 billion housing bond bill, rolled out last week, includes […]
Posted inThe Codcast
State public health commissioner leans into ‘hard things’
John McDonough and Paul Hattis talk to Robbie Goldstein, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, who talks about the inadequate preparedness of the country’s public health infrastructure for COVID, efforts to strengthen local public health departments in Massachusetts, and his belief in the public health-focused approach to problems at Mass. and Cass in the face of criticism that they aren’t working.
Posted inThe Download
State public health commissioner leans into ‘hard things’Â
WHEN ROBBIE GOLDSTEIN took the reins as the state’s new public health commissioner in April, he brought national experience dealing with the public health crisis of our time. As senior […]
Posted inHealth Care
State public health commissioner leans into ‘hard things’Â
WHEN ROBBIE GOLDSTEIN took the reins as the state’s new public health commissioner in April, he brought national experience dealing with the public health crisis of our time. As senior […]
Posted inMarijuana
Cannabis regulators kicking the tires on social consumption sites
A clarification has been added to this story. TITO JACKSON hopes to someday turn his marijuana dispensary, Apex Noire, into a place where guests can listen to poetry and music […]
Posted inOpinion
Each of us needs to help regulate our urban forest
AS WE LEAVE BEHIND one of the hottest summers on record, it is encouraging that the federal government has just released more than $1 billion in grants from the administration’s […]
Posted inOpinion
My energy efficiency efforts were frustrated by Mass Save
THERE’S A BROAD consensus in Massachusetts, affirmed by state law and policy, to accelerate the adoption of clean energy technologies as an important way to advance our climate and energy […]
Posted inOpinion
Tutoring key to turning around sliding test scores
THE LATEST MCAS scores are definitely alarming.Scores are significantly below pre-pandemic levels. At current trends, it would take at least eight years for Massachusetts students to catch up. Here at […]