IN THE FINAL days of summer, the Commonwealth is looking back at a season of near-record rainfall, multiple heat advisories, and dangerously smoky air. The classic Massachusetts summer filled with bike rides […]
For environmental justice communities, tackling climate change can’t wait
Posted inEducation
State wants updated MCAS to consider student ‘experiences’
ITS FUTURE as a graduation requirement may be the subject of much back and forth, but the MCAS test is still in line for a refresh. Amid critiques that the […]
Posted inThe Download
State wants updated MCAS to consider student ‘experiences’
Its future as a graduation requirement may be the subject of much back and forth, but the MCAS test is still in line for a refresh. Amid critiques that the […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment, Opinion
Polluters should fund measures to combat climate change
AUGUST MARKED THE first anniversary of the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest investment in clean energy in our nation’s history. Still, climate doomsday stories and hostile weather tragedies […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Top Dems declare deal on tax relief
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TOP HOUSE AND Senate Democrats have reached an agreement on a tax relief bill, and plan to send it to Gov. Maura Healey next week as […]
Posted inPolitics
Another union push from legislative staffers
A YEAR AFTER being rebuffed in their efforts to form a union, legislative staff members on Beacon Hill are making another run at the goal, this time pursuing legislative change […]
Posted inThe Download
Mayors renew call for vocational school admission changes
More than three years after calling on the state to revamp what they said were unfair and discriminatory admission practices at regional vocational schools, a group of Massachusetts mayors says […]
Posted inEducation
Mayors renew call for vocational school admission changes
MORE THAN THREE YEARS after calling on the state to revamp what they said were unfair and discriminatory admission practices at regional vocational schools, a group of Massachusetts mayors says […]
Posted inHealth Care
A path forward for physician portability
MASSACHUSETTS HAS long been recognized as a global leader in health care, hospitals, education, and innovation. We wear this label proudly but must remain committed to continuous improvement and investment […]
Posted inTransportation
State setting sights on replacing Tobin Bridge
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ADD THE TOBIN BRIDGE to the list of aging, congested spans that state officials are eyeing for replacement. Acting Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt informed state officials […]
Posted inEducation
MCAS debate lands at state ed board meeting
WHEN IT COMES to debate over the state’s MCAS high school graduation requirement, Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may have been a preview of […]
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MCAS debate lands at state ed board meeting
WHEN IT COMES to debate over the state’s MCAS high school graduation requirement, Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may have been a preview of […]
Posted inImmigration, State House News Service
Healey calls emergency shelter situation not sustainable
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE SPEAKER Ron Mariano is “still searching for some answers” about the scope of the fast-changing emergency shelter crisis, while Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday delivered […]
Posted inOpinion
My Jewish faith spurs me to back prison moratorium
JEWISH PEOPLE all over the world recently celebrated Rosh Hashanah, our New Year. As a rabbi, this is a time where I support my community in making teshuvah – a […]
Posted inEducation
Board approves first updated sex ed standards in decades
IT IS, LITERALLY, not your father’s — or mother’s — sex ed standards. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted unanimously on Tuesday to update the curriculum framework for […]
Posted inThe Download
Governors, including Healey, raise concerns about offshore wind pricing
SIX GOVERNORS, including Maura Healey of Massachusetts, are raising concerns about an expected rise in the cost of electricity from offshore wind procurements and asking the federal government to step in […]
Posted inEconomy, Energy, Government
Governors, including Healey, raise concerns about offshore wind pricing
SIX GOVERNORS, including Maura Healey of Massachusetts, are raising concerns about an expected rise in the cost of electricity from offshore wind procurements and asking the federal government to step […]
Posted inOpinion
Texas impeachment trial brings back Mass. memories of Daniel Coakley
THE IMPEACHMENT trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has ended with his acquittal by the Texas Senate. The months-long ordeal has concluded, but the eyes of Texas—and beyond—will probably […]
Posted inEnvironment
Healey: State agencies to stop buying plastic bottles
GOV. MAURA HEALEY said she plans to issue an executive order later this week barring state agencies from purchasing single-use plastic bottles, a move that gives new life to a […]
Posted inThe Codcast
A new food co-op opens in Boston
It’s been a long and winding 11-year road for the Dorchester Food Co-op, which will be opening its doors to the public this month. It marks the return of community and work-owned food co-ops to Boston, five years after the last local grocery co-op shuttered.
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A food co-op returns to Boston
IT’S BEEN A long and winding 11-year road for the Dorchester Food Co-op, which will be opening its doors to the public this month. It marks the return of community and […]
Posted inHealth
A food co-op returns to Boston
IT’S BEEN A LONG and winding 11-year road for the Dorchester Food Co-op, which will be opening its doors to the public this month. It marks the return of community […]
Posted inHousing, State Government
Reckoning looms over ‘home equity theft’
IN LATE MAY, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler, a Minnesota woman who did not get the surplus back after her condo was foreclosed on […]
Posted inOpinion
Could Supreme Court’s admissions decision affect Mass. climate law?
AT THE END of this past year’s term, the US Supreme Court issued a decision finding that affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the […]