IN NOVEMBER, voters will have to sift through complicated issues in the form of ballot questions like a tax surcharge on high earners and more arcane matters such as one […]
At least that confusing rideshare question isn’t on the ballot
Posted inImmigration, Opinion, Politics
For safety and fairness, vote yes on Question 4
OPPONENTS OF DRIVER’S licenses for undocumented immigrants are hammering one message – fear. Yet, every day we all drive safely next to undocumented workers who legally travel to Massachusetts from […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker-linked super PAC bets big on Hodgson
A SUPER PAC with close ties to Gov. Charlie Baker reported spending $294,000 on behalf of 33 state candidates on Friday, with the biggest amounts going to support Bristol County […]
Posted inThe Download
Step therapy bill moving in informal sessions
For nearly eight years, patient advocate groups have been battling insurers to limit the use of step therapy, a policy requiring patients to try one treatment before accessing a different […]
Posted inHealth Care
Step therapy bill moving in informal sessions
FOR NEARLY EIGHT years, patient advocate groups have been battling insurers to limit the use of step therapy, a policy requiring patients to try one treatment before accessing a different […]
Posted inPolitics
Healey, Diehl go at it in final debate
WITH LESS THAN three weeks until the election, Maura Healey and Geoff Diehl traded a few jabs but otherwise engaged in fairly low-key debate in their race for governor. Diehl, […]
Posted inImmigration, Opinion
Cost of citizenship application is barrier for many
About 30,000 people living in Boston are eligible for US citizenship. Nationwide, more than 9 million people are eligible to apply for American citizenship, and yet less than 10 percent […]
Posted inMarijuana
Trulieve defends response to worker’s death
FACING PUBLIC SCRUTINY of its worker safety practices after cannabis worker Lorna McMurrey’s death, multi-state cannabis company Trulieve on Thursday released a lengthy statement defending its practices and explaining for […]
Posted inThe Download
Baker leaving office, but still campaigning
Gov. Charlie Baker is nearing the end of his two terms in office, but he’s still out there campaigning. On Wednesday, he gathered across from the State House with his […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker leaving office, but still campaigning
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is nearing the end of his two terms in office, but he’s still out there campaigning. On Wednesday, he gathered across from the State House with his […]
Posted inUncategorized
Boston teachers contract lays groundwork for success
RECENTLY, MEMBERS of the Boston Teachers Union reached an important milestone on the path toward building the schools our students and communities deserve. Together, we overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA problems not affecting Baker popularity
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S popularity is not being affected by the ongoing problems at the MBTA, according to a new poll. The survey of 987 likely voters indicates 67 percent view […]
Posted inTransportation
Cracked welds delay new N. Washington St. Bridge a year
COMPLETION OF A NEW North Washington Bridge in Boston will take at least a year longer than expected because of mysterious cracks that developed in welds at steel connection points. […]
Posted inThe Download
In Boston redistricting, battle lines form over district lines
DEPENDING ON WHO you ask, the Boston city council redistricting process is either moving ahead sensibly toward a reasonable resolution or a train wreck that is unnecessarily slicing up neighborhoods […]
Posted inPolitics
In Boston redistricting, battle lines form over district lines
DEPENDING ON WHO you ask, the Boston city council redistricting process is either moving ahead sensibly toward a reasonable resolution or a train wreck that is unnecessarily slicing up neighborhoods […]
Posted inOpinion
Jackson’s stand against ‘colorblind’ Constitution
IN HER celebrated exchange with Alabama’s Solicitor General, the newest Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, eviscerated his argument that our Constitution is and should be “colorblind.” Rather, she declared, the intent of […]
Posted inEnergy, State House News Service
State’s largest solar field opens in Ludlow
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A RENEWABLE ENERGY project in Ludlow will soon start generating enough power for more than 1,500 homes, boosters said as they cut the ribbon Monday on the […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA: What went wrong and how to fix it
THE MBTA Advisory Board, the group representing cities and towns in the transit authority’s service area, held a series of fascinating panel discussions on Tuesday on the future of the […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Broadening theater’s reach
RODNEY KING’S BEATING at the hands of Los Angeles police officers in 1991, their subsequent trial and acquittal, and the days of violent unrest that followed came 15 years before […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Closing the racial wealth gap
CommonWealth Magazine · Betty Francisco & Mike Leyba on closing the racial wealth gap
Posted inThe Download
Healey’s snub of Rausch hot issue in Senate race
MAURA HEALEY’S decision not to endorse Sen. Becca Rausch in her bid for reelection is fast becoming one of the more intriguing storylines of the election season. The attorney general, […]
Posted inPolitics
Healey’s snub of Rausch hot issue in Senate race
MAURA HEALEY’S decision not to endorse Sen. Becca Rausch in her bid for reelection is fast becoming one of the more intriguing storylines of the election season. The attorney general, […]
Posted inTransportation
New airport terminal coming in New Bedford
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SOUTH COAST leaders say state transportation officials have made a “commitment” for design and project funding for a new airport terminal and control tower at New […]
Posted inState Government
House, Senate leaders report little progress on economic development legislation
THE LEADERS of the House and Senate met for the first time in three months with Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday to discuss a handful of issues left over from […]