The owner of the Canal Station power plants in Sandwich is telling state regulators it may have an easier way for offshore wind farms to feed their electricity into the […]
A new way to connect offshore wind power to the grid
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A new way to connect offshore wind power to the grid
THE OWNER OF the Canal Station power plants in Sandwich is telling state regulators it may have an easier way for offshore wind farms to feed their electricity into the […]
Posted inOpinion
Sad state of affairs on Beacon Hill
THE MASSACHUSETTS Legislature is broken. It’s not as bad as Tennessee or Montana, where Republican supermajorities have tried to expel or silence Democratic dissenters. Or Oregon, where Republicans simply walk […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Senate approves budget, next up negotiations with House
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE ANNUAL STATE budget season moved to the next phase Thursday evening as the Senate unanimously approved a nearly $56 billion spending plan that ramps up […]
Posted inEnergy
Eversource exiting offshore wind business
EVERSOURCE, New England’s largest utility, said on Thursday that it plans to exit the offshore wind business and write down the value of its holdings by $220 million to $280 […]
Posted inTransportation
Eng touts ‘forward progress’ in removing MBTA slow zones
THE MBTA IS targeting slow zones that would most impact daily commutes as it chugs along on completing track replacements and lifting speed restrictions. General Manager Phillip Eng touted “forward […]
Posted inThe Download
Proposed Cape Cod machine gun range draws fire
Cape Cod may be known for ocean breezes, waterbirds, and maybe some raucous seaside vacationers rolling through. But along one stretch, that could include the sound of more than a […]
Posted inEnvironment
Proposed Cape Cod machine gun range draws fire
CAPE COD may be known for ocean breezes, waterbirds, and maybe some raucous seaside vacationers rolling through. But along one stretch, that could include the sound of more than a […]
Posted inState Government
DiZoglio defends releasing audits with redactions
THE STATE AUDITOR’S office regularly publishes its audits of state agencies, providing Beacon Hill officials with a review of their performance and giving the general public insight into how Massachusetts […]
Posted inEnergy
Vineyard Wind components arrive in New Bedford
THE NATION’S fledgling offshore wind industry took a very visible step forward on Thursday as a ship from Portugal delivered components for the first US industrial-scale wind farm to the […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Time to enact new rules for use of facial recognition software
LAST NOVEMBER, on the day after Thanksgiving, yet another Black man was wrongfully arrested due to racially biased face surveillance. Randall Reid was detained on his way to dinner with […]
Posted inThe Download
Debating state takeover of school districts
WHETHER STATE LEADERS will consider unwinding some of the key pillars of education reform in Massachusetts is far from certain. What is clear is that critics of the state’s school […]
Posted inEducation
Debating state takeover of school districts
WHETHER STATE LEADERS will consider unwinding some of the key pillars of education reform in Massachusetts is far from certain. What is clear is that critics of the state’s school […]
Posted inEducation
Time to end the state’s ‘test and punish’ accountability system
ALL STUDENTS, not only the most privileged, need and deserve an education that provides the knowledge and skills most needed in today’s global, diverse, and technological world. Massachusetts should be […]
Posted inEducation
State looks to limit cellphones in schools
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE’S K-12 education department is encouraging districts to restrict or ban students’ cellphone use in schools, possibly moving toward a statewide mandate in the future. […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Like Goldilocks, Glynn trying to fashion ‘just right’ T board
CommonWealth Magazine · Like Goldilocks, Glynn trying to fashion ‘just right’ T board
Posted inEconomy, Government, Marijuana
Social consumption cannabis plans get a retooling
IT’S BEEN SEVEN YEARS since Massachusetts legalized recreational marijuana, but there’s still a lengthy road ahead before someone can sit down in a cannabis cafe, pop an edible or break […]
Posted inThe Download
Quebec, like Mass., facing electricity challenges of its own
The rumblings from Quebec sound ominous, but officials at Hydro-Quebec say the provincial utility’s power supply contract with Massachusetts is rock solid. The contract was signed more than four years […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment, Opinion
We must pursue a real plan for net-zero emissions by 2050
AS THE COMMONWEALTH moves forward with its ambitious mandate to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, it’s essential that we have a real plan for implementing a real solution. Failure to adopt a […]
Posted inEnergy, Government
Quebec, like Mass., facing electricity challenges of its own
THE RUMBLINGS from Quebec sound ominous, but officials at Hydro-Quebec say the provincial utility’s power supply contract with Massachusetts is rock solid. The contract was signed more than four years […]
Posted inEnergy
Healey seeking $250m for grid upgrades
THE HEALEY ADMINISTRATION announced on Monday that it has filed an application for $250 million in federal matching funds to help build connections to the power grid in Massachusetts for […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Healey names Gobi director of rural affairs
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SEN. ANNE GOBI will leave the Legislature to fill a newly created post in the Healey administration, triggering a special election in the central Massachusetts district […]
Posted inThe Download
Like Goldilocks, Glynn trying to fashion ‘just right’ T board
When “snowmageddon,” an unprecedented succession of blizzards, shut the MBTA down in 2015, Beacon Hill created a five-person Fiscal and Management Control Board to right the organization. Control was the […]
Posted inTransportation
Like Goldilocks, Glynn trying to fashion ‘just right’ T board
WHEN “SNOWMAGEDDON,” an unprecedented succession of blizzards, shut the MBTA down in 2015, Beacon Hill created a five-person Fiscal and Management Control Board to right the organization. Control was the operative […]