CLIMATE CHANGE is real. So too is a massive transformation underway of electric power generation markets and transmission networks. That transformation is largely driven by public policies focused on electrification […]
Getting to yes on climate change response
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Vocational school admissions debate at center of New Bedford stand-off
CRITICS OF VOCATIONAL school admissions in the state are now literally making a federal case of the issue with yesterday’s filing of a civil rights complaint with the US Department […]
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Vocational school admissions debate at center of New Bedford stand-off
CRITICS OF VOCATIONAL school admissions in the state are now literally making a federal case of the issue with yesterday’s filing of a civil rights complaint with the US Department […]
Posted inOpinion
Summer learning is key to reversing academic losses
THE ROAD to pandemic recovery must run through summer, when programs draw on young people’s interests to help them learn. The steep decline in student test scores is concerning but […]
Posted inEnergy
Mass.-financed power line from Quebec clears another NextEra hurdle
THE COMPANY seeking to build a Massachusetts-financed transmission line carrying hydro-electricity from Quebec to Maine cleared another hurdle on its comeback trail when federal regulators dismissed objections raised by the […]
Posted inTransportation
Healey appointing non-MBTA team to review CRRC situation
GOV. MAURA HEALEY said on Thursday that she is putting together a team of non-MBTA technical and legal experts to review the troubling situation at the Chinese-owned Springfield assembly plant […]
Posted inEducation
Advocates file federal civil rights complaint over vocational school admission policies
MORE THAN FIVE YEARS after sounding the alarm over admission policies at the state’s vocational high schools that they say are locking out students who would benefit most from hands-on […]
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Gonneville running the MBTA differently
Jeffrey Gonneville, who took over as acting general manager of the MBTA in early January, is running the transit authority differently. The first hint came on January 19, when he […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Under new rules, House returns to in-person sessions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HOUSE on Wednesday unanimously adopted its rules for the two-year term that began four weeks ago, agreeing to eliminate a pandemic-era policy that allowed representatives […]
Posted inTransportation
Gonneville running the MBTA differently
JEFFREY GONNEVILLE, who took over as acting general manager of the MBTA in early January, is running the transit authority differently. The first hint came on January 19, when he […]
Posted inOpinion
Get rid of the copay accumulator
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS wake up every day with their patients’ wellbeing on their mind. Having worked in nursing for over 30 years, I know first-hand the personal pride we take […]
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Will Reidy be different as Healey’s public safety chief?
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM advocates may have been looking to the arrival of a new Democratic governor on Beacon Hill to turn the page on differences they had with the Baker […]
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Will Reidy be different as Healey’s public safety chief?
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM advocates may have been looking to the arrival of a new Democratic governor on Beacon Hill to turn the page on differences they had with the Baker […]
Posted inPolitics
Carnevale wins state GOP chair post by 3 votes
AMY CARNEVALE of Marblehead won a second-ballot victory Tuesday night to become chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, edging incumbent Jim Lyons of Andover by a margin of 37-34. Carnevale’s […]
Posted inPublic Records, State Government
Healey won’t file legislation subjecting her office to records law
GOV. MAURA HEALEY said on Monday that she will not introduce legislation that would make her office subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law. ”I don’t think I need to […]
Posted inEconomy
Could Boston face an ‘urban doom loop’?
AT FIRST, the emptying out of downtown Boston office buildings looked like a seismic, but temporary, reaction to a once-in-a-hundred-year pandemic. Once we got a handle on the mysterious new […]
Posted inOpinion
3 steps for Mass. education course correction
GOV. MAURA HEALEY’S appointment of Education Secretary Patrick A. Tutwiler shouldn’t be a dramatic move. Having a veteran educator in this leadership position shouldn’t be unusual. Unfortunately, his experience as […]
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House panel votes 2-1 to seat Kassner over Mirra
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ASKED to vote Wednesday on a party-line recommendation to declare Kristin Kassner, a Hamilton Democrat, the official winner in a contested recount she […]
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Citizens Energy pushing community solar
CITIZENS ENERGY HAS changed with the times. Once known for giving heating oil away, the nonprofit company founded by Joe Kennedy II – and now managed by his son, Joe […]
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Citizens Energy pushing community solar
CITIZENS ENERGY HAS changed with the times. Once known for giving heating oil away, the nonprofit company founded by Joe Kennedy II – and now managed by his son, Joe […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Healey seeks funding for shelters, school meals
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE REVIVING DEBATE on an issue that lawmakers left untouched at the end of last session, Gov. Maura Healey on Monday filed a $282 million spending bill […]
Posted inEducation
Baker education legacy: continuity and change
EDUCATION REFORM AND improvement is a journey, not a destination. And the timeline for meaningful impact tends to be generational, certainly not contained within a single gubernatorial administration – even […]
Posted inTransportation
Healey says she needs more info on MBTA train contract
GOV. MAURA HEALEY said on Monday that she needs more information on the status of a problem-plagued contract with a Chinese company manufacturing Red and Orange Line trains for the […]
Posted inPublic Records
Healey unveils new public records policy
GOV. MAURA HEALEY unveiled a new public records policy on her office’s website on Monday, but the wording leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Previous governors going all the way […]