WITH YESTERDAY’S FILING of a home-rule petition with the City Council to impose rent restrictions in Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu followed through on a cornerstone promise of her 2021 campaign. […]
Wu’s rent control plan takes hits from both sides
Posted inGovernment, Housing, News Analysis
Wu’s rent control plan takes hits from both sides
WITH YESTERDAY’S FILING of a home-rule petition with the City Council to impose rent restrictions in Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu followed through on a cornerstone promise of her 2021 campaign. Now […]
Posted inTransportation
Healey talks bridges and rail in DC visit
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BACK FROM A string of activity in the nation’s capital that featured a pair of events with President Joe Biden, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday that […]
Posted inEconomy
Secret ballot vital in union elections
THE LATEST real-life parable that reminds us why the Founding Fathers made secret-ballot elections a centerpiece of American democracy comes from a distinctly 21st-century source – the video game industry. […]
Posted inEducation
Bring back Boston’s elected school committee
SINCE 1991, Boston has been the only one of the 351 municipalities in Massachusetts without an elected school committee. In 2021, Boston voters sent a resounding message that the 30-year […]
Posted inThe Download
Debating vocational school admissions policies
IN THE END, it comes down to a question of how to allocate a scarce public resource when the demand exceeds the supply. In this case, the scarce resource is […]
Posted inEducation
Debating vocational school admissions policies
IN THE END, it comes down to a question of how to allocate a scarce public resource when the demand exceeds the supply. In this case, the scarce resource is […]
Posted inThe Codcast
The debate over vocational school admission policies
CommonWealth Magazine · The debate over Massachusetts vocational high school admission policies
Posted inEconomy
Report says millions from new tax on high earners could be lost to loophole
STATE BUDGET-WRITERS have begun planning to spend $1 billion in new revenue to fund education and transportation needs thanks to the so-called “millionaires tax” approved last year by voters. But […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment, Opinion
Clean energy generators are already proving their worth
AS HAS BEEN widely reported, the arctic cold snap that swept through New England on Christmas Eve, combined with an unexpected system shortfall due to generator outages and reduced energy […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
IRS says most one-time refunds from state surplus not taxable
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MANY, BUT NOT necessarily all, Massachusetts taxpayers will not need to count one-time state tax rebates they received last year as income when they file federal […]
Posted inThe Download
Voters favor even split of millionaire’s tax
WHEN MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS approved a new surtax on income over $1 million last year, it was clear what that money was supposed to go to: transportation and education. But how […]
Posted inPolitics
Voters favor even split of millionaire’s tax
WHEN MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS approved a new surtax on income over $1 million last year, it was clear what that money was supposed to go to: transportation and education. But how […]
Posted inOpinion
Abolishing Senate president term limit was the right thing to do
State Sen. Will Brownsberger, Democrat of Belmont, posted the following to his website after Thursday’s 32-6 vote by the Senate to abolish the eight-year term limit that had been in […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment, State House News Service
New Devens fusion center to host US energy secretary
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE TOP ENERGY official in President Joe Biden’s Cabinet plans to visit Massachusetts on Friday to celebrate the opening of a new commercial fusion energy research […]
Posted inState Government, Transportation
T board grapples with how to gauge ‘new reality’ for system
TWO WEEKS AGO, the MBTA board of directors sat quietly and had no questions for interim General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville after he reported on crippling delays in the delivery of […]
Posted inEconomy
Adding more seats, not a lottery, is answer to voc-tech crunch
IT’S NO LONGER a secret that Massachusetts vocational-technical and agricultural high schools are a great option for students of all backgrounds who want to learn a trade and pursue a career. […]
Posted inThe Download
Health care systems pricier, but not necessarily better
IT’S BEEN A common claim that integrating health care services into a consolidated system would yield better outcomes for patients and be able deliver that care more efficiently at lower cost. […]
Posted inHealth, Health Care
Health care systems pricier, but not necessarily better
IT’S BEEN A common claim that integrating health care services into a consolidated system would yield better outcomes for patients and be able deliver that care more efficiently at lower […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Mass. poll indicates popularity of Democratic leaders sagging
POLL NUMBERS for key Democratic leaders are sagging between apathy and anonymity, according to a new poll of Massachusetts voters by the MassINC Polling Group. Favorability and reelection numbers are […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Only 22% want Biden to run again
MASSACHUSETTS OVERWHELMINGLY voted for President Biden in 2020. Now residents seem to be looking for other options for 2024. The MassINC Polling Group’s latest statewide poll (topline, crosstabs) finds that only […]
Posted inPolitics
Some Senate Dems on fence on term limit issue
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS SENATE DEMOCRATS emerged Wednesday from a private caucus in President Karen Spilka’s office, they had mixed reactions to the proposed removal of a decades-old term […]
Posted inGambling
Encore allowed to expand its gaming footprint
THE MASSACHUSETTS Gaming Commission voted 4-1 on Wednesday to allow Encore Boston Harbor to expand its gambling operations in Everett to a new property under development across the street from […]
Posted inCourts, Opinion, State Government
The state child welfare system needs an overhaul, not more Band-Aids
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES is broken, and as public defenders faced with the deficiencies of this system every day, we hope Gov. Maura Healey will make it a […]