EVERY JUNE, rainbow flags are flown in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community. The colors light up buildings and landmarks, and companies from all sectors market products that celebrate Pride Month. […]
Tracing the LGBTQ+ origins of legal cannabis
Posted inOpinion
Oil is not a good bridge fuel to the future
THE FEDERAL ENERGY Regulatory Commission (FERC) came to Portland, Maine, this week to discuss with policymakers from across the region the challenge of keeping the lights on while reducing the […]
Posted inThe Download
The disconnections of digital equity
It seems like easy enough math. Add access to computers, plus stable internet, plus the training to use technology, and digital equity results. So why, in tech-savvy, educated Massachusetts, are […]
Posted inState Government, Technology
The disconnections of digital equity
It seems like easy enough math. Add access to computers, plus stable internet, plus the training to use technology, and digital equity results. So why, in tech-savvy, educated Massachusetts, are […]
Posted inMedia, Transportation
3 agencies, including MBTA, will pay Sumner mitigation costs
THE STATE HIGHWAY administrator said the traffic mitigation costs associated with the repairs of the Sumner Tunnel will be borne by the Department of Transportation, the MBTA, and the Massachusetts […]
Posted inTransportation
Eng cites progress, but T speed restrictions on rise
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Phillip Eng reported Thursday that the agency is making progress in eliminating slow zones on subway lines, but the T’s performance dashboard indicates the amount of track […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
Healey administration grapples with record high opioid deaths
THE STATE WAS already swimming upstream against the opioid epidemic, but new numbers showing record high opioid-related overdose deaths brought an undercurrent of despair to Healey administration discussion of how […]
Posted inEnvironment
Reading tea leaves on Tepper
REBECCA TEPPER, the governor’s secretary of energy and environmental affairs, made an interesting impression at this week’s field hearing of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Maine. In a crowd […]
Posted inThe Download
Reading tea leaves on Tepper
Rebecca Tepper, the governor’s secretary of energy and environmental affairs, made an interesting impression at this week’s field hearing of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Maine. In a crowd […]
Posted inEnvironment
Final regulations target nitrogen pollution on Cape
THE HEALEY ADMINISTRATION issued final regulations on Wednesday aimed at addressing Cape Cop’s nitrogen pollution, which is caused by wastewater from septic systems finding its way into waterbodies where it […]
Posted inEducation
Sex ed gets an update in state’s new curriculum framework
ABSTINENCE IS A WORD that appears frequently in the state’s current curriculum framework for health education, which was released nearly 25 years ago in 1999. The 1999 framework, a guide […]
Posted inEconomy
Massachusetts can win the new world of work
MASSACHUSETTS CAN WIN in the new world of work. That is the message that emerged from the Massachusetts Business Roundtable’s third annual Talent and Competitiveness Survey of its member CEOs […]
Posted inThe Download
Peyser says ed reform overpromised
It’s hard to imagine a sweeping education initiative driven by a theme like “Making Steady Gains, Little by Little,” or “Inch by Inch,” to borrow from the popular children’s song […]
Posted inEducation
Peyser says ed reform overpromised
IT’S HARD TO imagine a sweeping education initiative driven by a theme like “Making Steady Gains, Little by Little,” or “Inch by Inch,” to borrow from the popular children’s song […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Healey headed to Ireland on trade mission
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. MAURA HEALEY is scheduled to address the Irish Senate next week, and her first international gubernatorial travel plans also feature a series of business and […]
Posted inOpinion
Expanding South Station track capacity is not necessary
THE SOUTH STATION expansion plan once again is rearing its costly, business-as-usual head. The possible relocation of the Dorchester Avenue Postal Service facility presents an opportunity to drastically improve walkability, […]
Posted inEnergy
Grid operator dials back electricity concerns
AFTER YEARS of cautionary warnings about the risk of winter-time electricity shortages and possible brownouts, the operator of the New England power grid is putting that message on hold for […]
Posted inHealth Care
Medicaid redetermination process off to fast start
A TOP STATE OFFICIAL says 9,000 residents have transferred from MassHealth to the Massachusetts Health Connector since April as part of the post-COVID Medicaid redetermination process. “That’s a little bit […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Medicaid redetermination process off to fast start
A top state official says 9,000 residents have transferred from MassHealth to the Massachusetts Health Connector since April as part of the post-COVID Medicaid redetermination process. CommonWealth Magazine · Medicaid […]
Posted inThe Download
Medicaid redetermination process off to fast start
A top state official says 9,000 residents have transferred from MassHealth to the Massachusetts Health Connector since April as part of the post-COVID Medicaid redetermination process. “That’s a little bit […]
Posted inOpinion
Looking at 911 mental health calls in a new way
A SPOUSE, A SISTER, or a brother suffers an acute mental health crisis. Family members call 911 as a last resort. A Boston Globe analysis reports that these calls—there are a […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Big decisions looming on offshore wind
EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS a picture surfaces out of New Bedford showing ships bringing in the giant parts needed to assemble Vineyard Wind, the nation’s first commercial-scale wind farm. The […]
Posted inEnergy
Clean energy transition requires careful planning
AS MASSACHUSETTS moves forward with its ambitious and important goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2030, the skilled plumbing and gas fitting industry has a crucial role to play. […]
Posted inOpinion
Maybe tolls are the way to replace Cape bridges
REPLACEMENT OF THE Sagamore and Bourne bridges has become the highest priority of state transportation leaders and the Massachusetts congressional delegation. The state has signaled an intent to double its […]