EARLIER THIS YEAR, the US Department of Veterans Affairs announced its ambitious 2023 goals toward preventing and ending veteran homelessness, including ensuring that 95 percent of veterans recently housed nationally […]
Finishing the job on veteran homelessness
Posted inOpinion
Despite improvement, roads and bridges need more funding
AS THE HOUSE AND SENATE conference committee begins its work on the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, the Construction Industries of Massachusetts respectfully asks the conferees to maintain the 50/50 split […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Opinion
1812 Overture should be dropped from July 4 playlist
PROTESTING THE BARBARIC Ukraine invasion by banning Russian music from orchestral concerts is shortsighted, but replacing the 1812 Overture on July 4th programs is long overdue. Tchaikovsky was born in Russia, […]
Posted inState Government
Healey proposes state spending targets for LGBT businesses
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE AGENCIES should aim to spend $18 million with LGBT-owned businesses and $18 million with disability-owned businesses in the new fiscal year that starts Saturday, Gov. […]
Posted inThe Download
Mass. scrambles after affirmative action ruling
Education, business, and government entities in the Bay State expressed outrage and despair at the US Supreme Court decision striking down the use of race in college admissions, which sets […]
Posted inEducation
Mass. scrambles after affirmative action ruling
EDUCATION, BUSINESS, AND government entities in the Bay State expressed outrage and despair at the US Supreme Court decision striking down the use of race in college admissions, which sets […]
Posted inCourts, Education, State House News Service
Supreme Court strikes down use of race in admissions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE NATION’S HIGHEST COURT on Thursday declared that two major colleges violated the Constitution by considering a student’s race as a factor in admissions, a landmark […]
Posted inEducation
Lessons for Boston on school consolidation
THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE voted last month to merge four elementary schools into two school communities – the Pauline A. Shaw with the Charles A. Taylor in Mattapan, and the […]
Posted inThe Download
Bill aims to strengthen teacher diversity by weakening seniority rights
There is strong research evidence that minority students benefit from being in a classroom with a teacher of their background, but Pavel Payano says he knows it from on-the-ground experience. […]
Posted inEducation
Bill aims to strengthen teacher diversity by weakening seniority rights
THERE IS STRONG research evidence that minority students benefit from being in a classroom with a teacher of their background, but Pavel Payano says he knows it from on-the-ground experience. […]
Posted inOpinion
What you need to know about heat pumps
TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS likely to reach the market within two years will improve conventional air-to-air heat pump efficiency by perhaps 10 percent or more while reducing the climate risks of refrigerant […]
Posted inHealth Care
DiZoglio’s MassHealth audit disputed by Healey administration
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSHEALTH ERRANTLY paid more than $84 million related to care for residents who were living in other states, Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office concluded in a new […]
Posted inThe Download
Riley rips Boston schools – again
Call it the double-secret probation of Massachusetts public schooling. State education commissioner Jeff Riley is livid at leaders of the Boston Public Schools, from the mayor on down, and he’s […]
Posted inEducation
Riley rips Boston schools – again
CALL IT THE double-secret probation of Massachusetts public schooling. State education commissioner Jeff Riley is livid at leaders of the Boston Public Schools, from the mayor on down, and he’s letting […]
Posted inGovernment, State House News Service
Arroyo pays $3,000 in ethics case
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON CITY Councilor Ricardo Arroyo has paid a $3,000 civil penalty and admitted to violating the conflict of interest law by continuing to represent his brother […]
Posted inTransportation
Short circuit blamed for 2022 passenger death at Broadway Station
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS have concluded that a short circuit on a Red Line train set off a chain of events in April 2022 that allowed a passenger trying to exit the […]
Posted inThe Download
Rep. mixes it up with ‘former government official’
Rep. William Straus, the House chair of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, on Monday took aim at “a former government official” who believes the best way to solve the MBTA’s problems […]
Posted inPolitics
Rep. mixes it up with ‘former government official’
REP. WILLIAM STRAUS, the House chair of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, on Monday took aim at “a former government official” who believes the best way to solve the MBTA’s problems […]
Posted inTransportation
Eng mum on cause of slow zones, timetable for elimination
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Phillip Eng on Monday touted progress in addressing slow zones on the subway system, but he declined to explain how the problem surfaced or provide a timeline […]
Posted inEconomy, Housing, Opinion
Don’t buy the hype: Lots of people want to live here
“NOBODY GOES THERE anymore. It’s too crowded.” — Yogi Berra. Recent figures on the outmigration of Massachusetts residents are generating headlines about families “fleeing” a Commonwealth that is not remaining […]
Posted inOpinion
Tampering with Mass. license plates has got to stop
NON-COMPLIANCE WITH MOTOR vehicle rules and regulations is not a new phenomenon. In early 1983 I worked as a Boston parking clerk, at a time when the Commonwealth’s Registry of […]
Posted inPolitics
Lawmakers target cell phone tracking data in abortion fight
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATORS are taking a run at improving cell phone data privacy through a timely side door. The current political climate around abortion access leaves people seeking to end a […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Cape Cod residents voice concerns on offshore wind transmission lines
Most of the initial wind farms off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard plan to bring their electricity ashore on Cape Cod, but some residents are starting to ask why. CommonWealth […]
Posted inThe Download
Cape Cod residents voice concerns on offshore wind transmission lines
Most of the initial wind farms off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard plan to bring their electricity ashore on Cape Cod, but some residents are starting to ask why. “There […]