THE THREAT OF a cyberattack sits perched just beyond our doorstep, targeting our privacy, economic prosperity, and national security. Motivated to act quickly, congressional and state leaders are pushing the […]
A blueprint for a statewide cybersecurity ecosystem
Posted inThe Download
What’s the timeline for return to a normal-functioning MBTA? No one will say.
Amid constant talk of the crisis-ridden MBTA, where slow zones have reduced the speed of trains at some points to a crawl, and passengers can endure interminable “headway” waits of […]
Posted inRace/Racism
NAACP panel tackles venture capital’s role in the racial wealth gap
Bostonians are very familiar with a bracing data point: in 2015, the median net worth for White households in Greater Boston was about $250,000, but just $8 for Black households. […]
Posted inTransportation
What’s the timeline for return to a normal-functioning MBTA? No one will say.
AMID CONSTANT TALK of the crisis-ridden MBTA, where slow zones have reduced the speed of trains at some points to a crawl, and passengers can endure interminable “headway” waits of […]
Posted inThe Download
House, Senate sniping at each other again
IF YOU THOUGHT the long-delayed budget agreement between the House and Senate meant their feuding was over, think again. On Friday, the same day the budget compromise first emerged, the […]
Posted inState Government
House, Senate sniping at each other again
IF YOU THOUGHT the long-delayed budget agreement between the House and Senate meant their feuding was over, think again. On Friday, the same day the budget compromise first emerged, the […]
Posted inOpinion
Rein in the power of Visa, Mastercard
AS MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS face higher and higher costs of living and stubbornly high prices for gas, food, beverages, and other staple items, a bi-partisan coalition of senators is looking to […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Historical geographer says local control has been enemy of efforts to preserve community character
It’s a familiar refrain in the push and pull over development in Massachusetts: When a project of some kind is proposed, local officials and residents who oppose it often say […]
Posted inEducation
In-state tuition, financial aid in sight for undocumented students
AFTER TWO DECADES of advocacy on Beacon Hill, Massachusetts is set to join about two dozen other states in removing a high-profile barrier to undocumented students in higher education. The […]
Posted inThe Download
Historical geographer says local control has been enemy of efforts to preserve community character
IT’S A FAMILIAR refrain in the push and pull over development in Massachusetts: When a project of some kind is proposed, local officials and residents who oppose it often say the […]
Posted inHousing, Politics
Historical geographer says local control has been enemy of efforts to preserve community character
IT’S A FAMILIAR REFRAIN in the push and pull over development in Massachusetts: When a project of some kind is proposed, local officials and residents who oppose it often say […]
Posted inOpinion
Are we being ‘yessed to death’ on Red-Blue connector?
MY MOTHER was a very exacting person, and I can remember times when she asked me to do something that I really didn’t want to do (most likely attend a […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Budget filed, headed for a vote
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LEGISLATIVE NEGOTIATORS filed a compromise $56.2 billion annual state budget Sunday night, packing major education, transportation, and health care policy measures and spending into an overdue […]
Posted inOpinion
Drugs extending my life, but Boston institute disagrees
WHEN I WAS diagnosed 6 years ago with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease as most people know it—it was a shock to my system, both figuratively and literally. […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Still no budget, but it’s coming
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TOP HOUSE AND SENATE Democrats negotiating the fiscal 2024 state budget, which is now four weeks overdue, announced Friday afternoon they had “reached an agreement in […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA ahead of schedule on reducing greenhouse gas emissions
MBTA OFFICIALS say they are on track to reduce the authority’s greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by 2024, six years ahead of schedule. During a lengthy meeting on Thursday, the […]
Posted inThe Download
MBTA ahead of schedule on reducing greenhouse gas emissions
MBTA officials say they are on track to reduce the authority’s greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by 2024, six years ahead of schedule. During a lengthy meeting on Thursday, the […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Lawmakers, Healey push budget deadline back another month
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. MAURA HEALEY bought top legislative Democrats up to another month to reach a long-overdue budget deal Thursday when she handed them a get-out-of-missed-deadline-free card, but […]
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice, Opinion
It’s time to end eternal punishment for young adults
DIRCEU SEMEDO is in his 31st year of a life sentence in Massachusetts. Nearly 50 years old now, at age 18 he participated in an assault that resulted in a […]
Posted inEnergy
Avangrid resuming construction of Mass.-financed hydro line
THE TOP OFFICIAL at Avangrid said construction of the Massachusetts-financed transmission line carrying hydroelectricity from Quebec into Maine is slated to resume next week, and his presentation suggested the project […]
Posted inTransportation
Eng brings in management reinforcements at the MBTA
BACK IN APRIL, when he was first introduced as the general manager of the MBTA, Phillip Eng was asked if he would be bringing in his own team to help […]
Posted inThe Download
In-car displays are the next distracted driving target
WHILE LAWMAKERS IN Massachusetts and across the country worked to pass distracted driving laws limiting how much a person can mess around on a phone while operating a car, built-in screens […]
Posted inState Government, Transportation
In-car displays are the next distracted driving target
WHILE LAWMAKERS in Massachusetts and across the country worked to pass distracted driving laws limiting how much a person can mess around on a phone while operating a car, built-in […]
Posted inOpinion
Some thoughts on where we need to be competitive
WHAT MAKES Massachusetts “competitive?” Some people assert that we have to cut taxes on the wealthy and corporations to stop them from leaving for other states. Public conversation about competitiveness […]