After a long hiatus, Dr. Jarone Lee, an emergency and ICU physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, resumes his conversation about frontline critical care […]
Hospital pediatric beds in short supply
Posted inThe Download
With Commonwealth Wind out, focus turns to Mayflower
AVANGRID PULLED ITS Commonwealth Wind project out of the latest Massachusetts offshore wind procurement on Friday, and now many are wondering what the lone remaining participant, Mayflower Wind, will do. When […]
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With Commonwealth Wind out, focus turns to Mayflower
AVANGRID PULLED ITS Commonwealth Wind project out of the latest Massachusetts offshore wind procurement on Friday, and now many are wondering what the lone remaining participant, Mayflower Wind, will do. […]
Posted inHealth Care
New report questioning COVID booster mandates for students not swaying local universities
MAJOR UNIVERSITIES IN Massachusetts are declining to comment or offering muted responses to a new paper suggesting COVID vaccine booster mandates for students are likely causing more harm than benefit […]
Posted inState Government
Healey appoints cabinet rover on climate change
GOV.-ELECT MAURA HEALEY named an environmental attorney as her cabinet-level climate chief on Monday, setting in motion another experiment in the best way to manage state bureaucracies that have independent […]
Posted inCourts, Health, Health Care
SJC rules physician-assisted suicide is illegal
THE MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION does not protect a right to physician-assisted suicide, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday, leaving it up to the Legislature to decide a controversial end-of-life issue that […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Could Marylou Sudders be staying on?
CommonWealth Magazine · Could Marylou Sudders be staying on?
Posted inThe Download
Could Marylou Sudders be staying on?
Editor’s note: After The Codcast went live and this report on it was published, Sudders notified employees that she would be stepping down January 3. After eight years as secretary […]
Posted inHealth Care
Could Marylou Sudders be staying on?
Editor’s note: After The Codcast went live and this report on it was published, Sudders notified employees that she would be stepping down January 3. AFTER EIGHT YEARS as secretary […]
Posted inMarijuana
Marijuana content labels can’t be trusted
ONE OF THE main arguments in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana was that consumers would have access to tested, regulated products, and know exactly what they are buying. But a […]
Posted inPolitics
I had two foes: my Democratic opponent and the Mass GOP
MASSACHUSETTS IS NOT used to coming in last, but that is exactly where we find ourselves on a new ranking from the CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation comparing state […]
Posted inOpinion
Fight racism, pause development on public land in Roxbury
CITY OFFICIALS deliberately designed Boston to separate the Black community and prevent it from taking advantage of the economic success Boston has seen. Nowhere is this more more evident than […]
Posted inEconomy
Mass. employment nears pre-pandemic levels
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOYERS added 17,300 jobs in November, labor officials announced Friday, putting the state within striking distance of returning to a pre-pandemic level of employment. Last […]
Posted inPolitics
Super PAC with ties to Baker accused of breaking law
MASSACHUSETTS REGULATORS accused a super PAC with close ties to Gov. Charlie Baker of breaking state campaign finance law by holding a fundraiser in July where the governor was the […]
Posted inEnergy
Avangrid pulls out of major Mass. offshore wind procurement
AVANGRID PULLED OUT of a major Massachusetts offshore wind procurement at the final stage on Friday, saying its previously negotiated power purchase contract was no longer adequate to secure financing […]
Posted inThe Download
Can casinos expand gaming beyond their original footprint?
In February, Wynn Resorts proposed an entertainment complex across the street from its existing Everett casino, complete with a theater, bars and restaurants, a parking garage, and eventually additional hotels. […]
Posted inEducation
Healey picks Patrick Tutwiler, former Lynn superintendent, for education secretary
GOV.-ELECT MAURA HEALEY on Friday announced the appointment of former Lynn school superintendent Patrick Tutwiler as her education secretary. Tutwiler is currently working as a senior program officer for the […]
Posted inGambling
Can casinos expand gaming beyond their original footprint?
IN FEBRUARY, Wynn Resorts proposed an entertainment complex across the street from its existing Everett casino, complete with a theater, bars and restaurants, a parking garage, and eventually additional hotels. […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA eyes purchase of Widett Circle parcel
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MBTA OFFICIALS gave the green light Thursday to begin the work of acquiring a 24-acre plot of land in Boston, where they hope to build a […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker nominates Jubinville for clerk magistrate
IN ONE OF HIS LAST nominations as governor, Gov. Charlie Baker has nominated Governor’s Councilor Robert Jubinville to a lifetime appointment as clerk magistrate of Framingham District Court. Jubinville’s nomination […]
Posted inEducation
It’s time to zero in on mathematics education
WHEN THE SCORES from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test were released earlier this fall, they delivered a jarring illustration of the impacts of two years of disrupted […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
CLT chief accuses Baker of cowardice on Amirault pardons
THE RETIRING executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation on Thursday accused Gov. Charlie Baker of cowardice in withdrawing his bid to pardon Gerald Amirault and Cheryl Amirault LeFave, who […]
Posted inState Government
Charlie Baker to helm the NCAA
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER may have been a backup basketball player at Harvard, but at age 66 he’s finally landed a starring role in college sports: Baker will be the next […]
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Low birth rates, slow immigration harms state workforce
Almost every industry, from hospitals to restaurants, is struggling to hire in Massachusetts. And while some of this may be due to COVID-related factors that will eventually diminish, a new […]