MASSACHUSETTS REGULATORS on Monday fined Fidelity Brokerage Services $750,000 for failing to properly vet customers who applied to be approved for more risky options and margin trading. Secretary of State […]
Fidelity fined $750,000 for failing to vet customers properly
Posted inEnergy
DPU approves termination of SouthCoast wind contract
THE MASSACHUSETTS Department of Public Utilities on Monday gave its blessing to an agreement terminating offshore wind contracts between the state’s three utilities and SouthCoast Wind, even as utilities in […]
Posted inThe Codcast
The costs of drug pricing middlemen
In the fight against ever-rising drug prices, attention is increasingly zeroing in on a little-noticed middleman of the pharmaceutical chain – pharmacy benefit managers.
Posted inHealth Care
The costs of drug pricing middlemen
In the fight against ever-rising drug prices, attention is increasingly zeroing in on a little-noticed middleman of the pharmaceutical chain – pharmacy benefit managers. Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are […]
Posted inCourts, Education, Health, Health Care
Court says social worker, school district not liable in student suicide
IF SOMETHING IS going wrong in a child’s life – slipping grades, anxiety, depression, injury, or worse – their school community can see warning signs that may not always show […]
Posted inOpinion
Could Dana-Farber deal reduce health care spending?
EVERYONE IS TALKING about the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s decision to abandon its long-term affiliation with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and partner instead with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which is […]
Posted inPolitics
Former senator indicted on ethics violations
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FORMER STATE Sen. Dean Tran was indicted Friday by a Suffolk County grand jury and charged with two counts of violating state ethics laws, Attorney General […]
Posted inState Government
State GOP settles in Fattman campaign finance case
THE MASSACHUSETTS Republican Party this week settled a 2 ½-year-old case that focused on efforts by Sen. Ryan Fattman of Sutton to financially support his wife’s campaign for register of […]
Posted inThe Download
MBTA expecting improvement in Red Line performance
A correction has been added to this story. The T says it computes time savings based on roundtrips, so a 33-minute improvement would be on an end-to-end roundtrip of 140 […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA expecting improvement in Red Line performance
A correction has been added to this story. The T says it computes time savings based on roundtrips, so a 33-minute improvement would be on an end-to-end roundtrip of 140 […]
Posted inOpinion
Why Newton’s zoning plan is so controversial — and needed
Three percent. That’s the total amount of land area that would be affected by a plan now before the Newton Council to update the zoning code in the city’s village […]
Posted inTransportation
Eng follows ‘script’ on GLX slow zones
AT THE MBTA board of directors meeting on Thursday, General Manager Phillip Eng followed what has become a familiar script, focusing on the process of getting the T where he […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
O’Brien sues treasurer over her suspension
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SHANNON O’BRIEN, the former state treasurer and Democratic nominee for governor, filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Treasurer Deborah Goldberg of unlawfully removing her as chairwoman of […]
Posted inThe Download
Skepticism, exhaustion at state of the T
Subway fixes on the MBTA hardly feel like they’re on rails. As Red Line riders gear up for a 16-day October closure of a southern spoke, the shiny new Green […]
Posted inTransportation
Skepticism, exhaustion at state of the T
SUBWAY FIXES on the MBTA hardly feel like they’re on rails. As Red Line riders gear up for a 16-day October closure of a southern spoke, the shiny new Green […]
Posted inCourts, Housing, State Government, State House News Service
Bill would ensure tenant access to lawyers in eviction cases
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LOW-INCOME TENANTS who are at risk of being evicted could gain access to free legal representation through a proposed program that garnered support from housing attorneys […]
Posted inEducation
Seniority-driven layoff rules are bad for teacher diversity
THE RECENT NEWS that the Brockton public school system faces a more than $14 million shortfall in its budget just days before the school year started sent shock waves across […]
Posted inEconomy
Report says Boston region teetering on ‘the precipice’
THE GOOD NEWS is the Boston area is hardly alone in facing serious headwinds from the pandemic’s upending of work patterns and the uncertainty it’s introduced about our economic future. […]
Posted inThe Download
Report says Boston region teetering on ‘the precipice’
The good news is the Boston area is hardly alone in facing serious headwinds from the pandemic’s upending of work patterns and the uncertainty it’s introduced about our economic future. […]
Posted inOpinion
Why is the US locking down for climate change?
AMERICANS REALLY hated locking down for COVID-19, so why does the US keep locking down for climate change? Sometimes we are locked in, due to wildfire smoke and heat; and […]
Posted inState Government
Tax relief bill alters refunds under tax cap law
THE TAX RELIEF BILL released by legislative leaders on Tuesday significantly changes a law approved by voters in 1986, requiring that excess tax collections be returned in equal amounts to […]
Posted inEducation
Campus food pantry a response to grim reality
A SINGLE MOTHER to a six-year old girl with special needs, Kiara Rosario came close to dropping out of Roxbury Community College when she couldn’t feed herself or her little […]