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 […]
Campbell leads legal challenge to Meta’s Facebook, Instagram
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’
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’
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 […]
Posted inEnergy
Tension boils over at Somerset zoning meeting
TENSION IS RISING in the South Coast community of Somerset as the town moves closer to a final decision on a zoning condition that could determine whether an Italian company […]
Posted inThe Download
Short takes: Retired reporter’s scoops keep people clicking
EVEN BEFORE TWITTER changed hands to its current owner, who insists on calling it by another name, the social networking site was in a state of decline. What used to […]
Posted inPolitics
Short takes: Retired reporter’s scoops keep people clicking
EVEN BEFORE TWITTER changed hands to its current owner, who insists on calling it by another name, the social networking site was in a state of decline. What used to […]
Posted inTechnology
State questions need for 1,687 new parking spaces at Encore
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE JUST LIKE COMMUTERS on nearby Interstate 93, the planned expansion of the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett is being held up by traffic. The Executive […]
Posted inTransportation
T suggests GLX rail ties manufactured incorrectly
THE MBTA says it intends to hold its contractor responsible for fixing rail ties placed too close together on the Green Line extension to Somerville and Medford, but the transit […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
How ‘cop watchers’ can help improve policing
CAN POLICE TURN a perceived nuisance into an opportunity? Can they benefit from the efforts of smartphone-wielding “cop watchers” who dog them at crime and emergency scenes? The answer is […]
Posted inThe Download
Clashes over Israel-Hamas war reach Boston’s City Council
THE IMAGES FROM the Israel-Hamas war have ripped through social media, sparking arguments and proclamations on Facebook, Instagram, and the platform formerly known as Twitter. Locally, the conflict has split […]
Posted inPolitics
Clashes over Israel-Hamas war reach Boston’s City Council
THE IMAGES FROM the Israel-Hamas war have ripped through social media, sparking arguments and proclamations on Facebook, Instagram, and the platform formerly known as Twitter. Locally, the conflict has split […]
Posted inOpinion
Backroom deal for Everett soccer stadium in works again
THE BUNKER HILL monument in Charlestown is a symbol of democracy’s promise, but it may soon be overshadowed – literally — by a colossal monument in nearby Everett to democracy’s […]