STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE GAMING COMMISSION on Thursday narrowed the launch date for  in-person sports betting in Massachusetts and it appears as if the first bets could be placed […]
Start dates for in-person sports betting set
Posted inTransportation
Gonneville to serve as the T’s interim GM
JEFFREY GONNEVILLE, the deputy general manager of the MBTA, will take over as the interim general manager when Steve Poftak steps down on January 3. As the T’s second-highest-ranking official, […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Campuses report 901 cases of sexual misconduct
IN 2020, there were 901 reports of sexual misconduct on Massachusetts college campuses, of which two-thirds involved allegations between students, according to a new report released by the Department of […]
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Campuses report 901 cases of sexual misconduct
IN 2020, there were 901 reports of sexual misconduct on Massachusetts college campuses, of which two-thirds involved allegations between students, according to a new report released by the Department of […]
Posted inEducation
Coming home: Roxbury Prep’s answer to the teacher shortage
TO BE AN educator has truly been a gift. And though many might say the children and families that educators’ serve are beneficiaries, I would argue that, in fact, it’s […]
Posted inTransportation
App-based drivers make push for a union
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EVERYONE IN the State House and surrounding area of downtown Boston heard app-based drivers calls Wednesday afternoon for collective bargaining rights — or at least they […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Baker administration fleshes out 2050 climate plan
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION on Wednesday released a 168-page climate plan for 2050 that follows the same general playbook that’s been outlined in the past – increase production of clean electricity; […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Governor’s councilors seem supportive of Jubinville nominationÂ
THE GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL on Wednesday considered one of their own – Councilor Robert Jubinville – as a nominee for a clerk magistrate’s job. The half-hour hearing was mainly a lovefest, although […]
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For Southbridge schools, a long slog with some glimmers of hopeÂ
IS HE BUILDING a sand castle or something closer to a medieval castle, with a sturdy foundation that can stand for years? That’s how Jeffrey Villar framed the challenge of developing […]
Posted inEducation
For Southbridge schools, a long slog with some glimmers of hopeÂ
IS HE BUILDING a sand castle or something closer to a medieval castle, with a sturdy foundation that can stand for years? That’s how Jeffrey Villar framed the challenge of […]
Posted inEducation
Riley ‘shocked’ at MTA push for right to strike
ALLOWING PUBLICÂ school teachers to strike would be “a bridge too far” and disregards the pandemic lessons about the importance of in-person learning, the state’s education commissioner said Tuesday as the […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
DOC accepts sweeping settlement on mental health care for prisoners
THE MASSACHUSETTS Department of Correction will have to completely transform the mental health care it provides to inmates, under a settlement the department reached with the US Department of Justice […]
Posted inEnergy, State Government
Santa comes early for offshore wind businesses
CHRISTMAS CAME early for the fledgling offshore wind industry in Massachusetts, as the Baker administration handed out $180 million on Tuesday for infrastructure improvements and businesses in New Bedford, Somerset, […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Baker officials slammed for criminal justice reform compliance
LEADERS OF THE Legislature’s Judiciary Committee and prisoners’ advocates at a hearing Tuesday slammed the outgoing administration of Gov. Charlie Baker for failing to properly implement the 2018 criminal justice […]
Posted inOpinion
Hospital pediatric beds in short supply
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 […]
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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. When […]
Posted inEnergy
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 illegalÂ
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 […]