MAYFLOWER WIND on Monday backed away from an effort to seek revisions in its contract to supply electricity to the state’s utilities, pledging to move ahead with the pricing in […]
Mayflower Wind to honor existing contract terms
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Fair Share amendment could address decades of systemic inequities
MUCH OF THE public debate over the Fair Share Amendment, Question 1 on the November ballot, has focused on the impact it would have on those who will pay more […]
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A partnership of sorts is transforming, recovering Allston
Second of three parts. IN THE PAST two decades, a partnership of sorts has emerged between the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the city of Boston, a variety of non-profit business […]
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Galvin predicts low turnout in low-intensity election
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH Bill Galvin on Monday predicted low turnout in what he described as a low-intensity election this Tuesday, with voters more motivated by the ballot questions than […]
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Avangrid’s Kimmell says wind farm needs ‘very modest’ price increase
CommonWealth Magazine · Avangrid’s Kimmel says wind farm needs ‘very modest’ price increase
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Avangrid’s Kimmell says wind farm needs ‘very modest’ price increase
Avangrid’s Ken Kimmell said his company can get its Commonwealth Wind project back on track with “a very modest increase” in the price state ratepayers would pay for the electricity. […]
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DPU rejects wind developer’s bid for contract relief
DEALING A POTENTIALLY major setback to the state’s emerging offshore wind industry, the Department of Public Utilities rejected a request by Avangrid to delay action on a power purchase contract […]
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Avangrid’s Kimmell says wind farm needs ‘very modest’ price increase
AVANGRID’S KEN Kimmell said his company can get its Commonwealth Wind project back on track with “a very modest increase” in the price state ratepayers would pay for the electricity. […]
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How not to build a highway
First of three parts THE CONSTRUCTION of the Mass Turnpike through Allston, Brighton, and Newton in the late 1950s and early 1960s was a textbook example of the community, environmental, […]
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Question 1 has negative unintended consequences
I’LL NEVER FORGET my experience as a first-time homeowner of an almost 200-year-old New England charmer. In our late 20s, and open to learning all that we could in order […]
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Report says Boston not meeting climate action targets
Boston University Statehouse Program AN INAUGURAL progress report says Boston isn’t on pace to meet its goal of cutting carbon emissions by half before 2030 and becoming carbon-neutral by 2050. […]
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Healey says tax relief a priority on ‘day one’
When legislative leaders this week pushed discussions of tax breaks from this year into next, one reason they gavewas so the discussion “will be informed by the views of a […]
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Healey says tax relief a priority on ‘day one’
WHEN LEGISLATIVE LEADERS this week pushed discussions of tax breaks from this year into next, one reason they gave was so the discussion “will be informed by the views of […]
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A sudden flash of the ‘Troubles’ and Boston’s tribal past
ADD THE SCRATCHY sound effect of recordings from the 1920s and 30s, close your eyes, and it was possible for a moment to think the thundering from City Hall was […]
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DoorDash busted for alcohol deliveries
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE ALCOHOL regulators busted DoorDash and Uber Eats this weekend for delivering alcohol to Boston-area college students. Students, mostly around 19-years-old, ordered and paid for the […]
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We must stop the cycle of gun violence in hard-hit Boston neighborhoods
WE WERE IN grade school when the first person we knew was murdered. Our 16-year-old cousin, Craig, was killed outside his house in Dorchester over a pair of sneakers. A […]
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Amore, Hodgson top beneficiaries of Baker-linked super PAC
TWO REPUBLICANS — Anthony Amore and Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson — are shaping up to be the top two beneficiaries of a super PAC with ties to Gov. Charlie […]
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Amore, Hodgson top beneficiaries of Baker-linked super PAC
Two Republicans — Anthony Amore and Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson — are shaping up to be the top two beneficiaries of a super PAC with ties to Gov. Charlie […]
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Big omission in commentary on women in government
IT IS INCREDULOUS that an opinion piece about the 2022 election and role of women in Massachusetts government completely ignores the women of the Massachusetts Senate. The role of women in […]
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Baker open to Commonwealth Wind negotiations
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER indicated on Wednesday that he doesn’t want a high-stakes procurement process for offshore wind to collapse because of a dispute over the terms of the power purchase […]
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Lawmakers strip tax breaks out of $3.7b spending agreement
THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE and Senate reached an agreement on an economic development bill on Wednesday, which makes $3.79 billion in investments but strips out tax breaks that lawmakers had previously […]
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Good news and bad on community college transfers
COMMUNITY COLLEGES are often pegged as the workhorses of the higher education system. The two-year colleges cater overwhelmingly to first-generation college students and draw heavily from lower-income households. Not only […]
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Good news and bad on community college transfers
COMMUNITY COLLEGES are often pegged as the workhorses of the higher education system. The two-year colleges cater overwhelmingly to first-generation college students and draw heavily from lower-income households. Not only […]
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Baker signs bill curbing step therapy
A PATIENT who is stable on a medication then switches insurance plans can no longer be kicked off that medication by their insurer, under a new law Gov. Charlie Baker […]