ELECTRICITY. WATER. Internet access. To this list of fundamental services that enable us to have a strong and growing economy, we’d add another critical service: childcare. Over and over again, […]
Childcare helps power our economy
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Attention turns to Arroyo’s role in Rollins scandal
Rachael Rollins wasn’t sending out text messages into the void. City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo was answering. Two scathing reports on Rollins’s conduct as US attorney showed that she crossed all […]
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Attention turns to Arroyo’s role in Rollins scandal
RACHAEL ROLLINS wasn’t sending out text messages into the void. City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo was answering. Two scathing reports on Rollins’s conduct as US attorney showed that she crossed all sorts […]
Posted inOpinion
Why stopping the super PAC ballot question is important
ON JANUARY 21, the famous Supreme Court decision of Citizens United vs the FEC celebrated its 13th anniversary, but here in Massachusetts the efforts to undermine this expansion of our […]
Posted inTransportation
‘Red flags’ in budget worry MBTA Advisory Board
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CITIES AND TOWNS that help fund the MBTA are concerned it will be “impossible” to restore pre-pandemic service levels and that the agency might need to […]
Posted inPolitics
House leaders pushing majority rule in joint committees
HOUSE LEADERS appear to be pushing majority rule in most of the Legislature’s joint committees, but the effort has had little impact so far except in the badly divided Telecommunications, […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Attorney General Andrea Campbell picks her targets
CommonWealth Magazine · Attorney General Andrea Campbell picks her targets
Posted inHealth Care
Mass health officials move to protect preventive care
AFTER A FEDERAL Texas court ruling lobbed another potential grenade at comprehensive health coverage, a Massachusetts state board is pulling one of its lesser-known levers to make sure residents here […]
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Mass. health officials move to protect preventive care
AFTER A FEDERAL Texas court ruling lobbed another potential grenade at comprehensive health coverage, a Massachusetts state board is pulling one of its lesser-known levers to make sure residents here don’t […]
Posted inOpinion
It’s time for major reforms at the US Supreme Court
FOR 146 YEARS, until 1935, the Supreme Court had no building of its own: it met in the Capitol. But architect Cass Gilbert, in consultation with former chief justice Charles Evans […]
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice, Media
Rollins wheeled and dealed with the Globe, Herald
SIPPING CHABLIS WITH Jill Biden, it turns out, was the least of Rachael Rollins’s transgressions. Ever since reports last summer that Rollins attended a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at an […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
A reputation for straight talk – but a record of subterfuge
RACHAEL ROLLINS built her political persona on a straightforward message: What you see is what you get. But it turns out the public got a lot from the US attorney […]
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Black redistricting plaintiff doesn’t mind ruffling feathers
THE LAWSUIT CHALLENGING Boston’s city council redistricting map has often been portrayed as a showdown pitting the council’s four White, more moderate members, who objected to its boundaries, against its […]
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Black redistricting plaintiff doesn’t mind ruffling feathers
THE LAWSUIT CHALLENGING Boston’s city council redistricting map has often been portrayed as a showdown pitting the council’s four White, more moderate members, who objected to its boundaries, against its […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Rollins resigning as US attorney
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE RACHAEL ROLLINS, a former Suffolk County prosecutor who quickly rose in political prominence and often drew the ire of Republican lawmakers, will resign her role as […]
Posted inTransportation
Commuter rail ridership, once dismal, continues to grow
COMMUTER RAIL ridership continues to grow, suggesting more people are returning to work downtown and finding on-time rail service an attractive option. Average weekday ridership on the commuter rail system […]
Posted inOpinion
Why Mass. chose an anti-democratic method of naming judges
THE ELECTION for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court mercifully ended last month. After $45 million in political donations, Wisconsin has a new justice. The “campaign” included charges that […]
Posted inCourts, Government, State Government
SJC punts on individual contributions to super PACs
THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT decided on Tuesday not to rule on whether limits can be placed on individual campaign contributions to political action committees, putting those who favor limits in […]
Posted inEconomy
Split-in-two committee to hold dueling hearings this week
Those interested in testifying on bills dealing with offshore wind and energy storage may have to do double-duty this week. The feuding House and Senate chairs of the Legislature’s Telecommunications, […]
Posted inState Government
Split-in-two committee to hold dueling hearings this week
THOSE INTERESTED in testifying on bills dealing with offshore wind and energy storage may have to do double-duty this week. The feuding House and Senate chairs of the Legislature’s Telecommunications, […]
Posted inOpinion
Here’s the way to increase broadband competition
MASSACHUSETTS HAS INVESTED hundreds of millions of dollars over the last 15 years to bring broadband to all corners of the Bay State. The result of that investment? Hundreds more […]
Posted inHousing, State Government, State House News Service
Healey names former Worcester city manager as housing secretary
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. MAURA HEALEY named Edward Augustus as state housing secretary on Monday, turning to a former state senator and Worcester city manager to serve as point […]
Posted inEducation
Mandating lottery for voc-tech admissions wrong way to broaden access
WE READ WITH great concern about the effort afoot to impose a blind lottery admissions process on our nationally-recognized vocational technical high schools through an amendment to the state budget. […]
Posted inPolitics, State Government
Fight erupts over committee rules on Beacon Hill
This story has been updated with a comment from Rep. Jeffrey Roy. A FIGHT is brewing on Beacon Hill over the rules governing how joint committees made up of House […]