AFTER PANDEMIC-RELATED financial struggles, Massachusetts’ hospitals are again turning a profit, despite reduced levels of federal aid. A preliminary report by the Center for Health Information and Analysis on fiscal […]
Hospital profits pick up in 2021, mostly on asset values
Posted inDrugs, Marijuana, Opinion
Time to end ‘negative impact’ fees for minority cannabis businesses
THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY continues to boom in Massachusetts – for some. On 4/20, the unofficial “high holiday” for the industry, sales records were shattered when consumers purchased a record-breaking $6 […]
Posted inTransportation
All new Orange Line trains taken out of service
ONE OF THE MBTA’S new Orange Line trains became disabled when it experienced a problem with one of its braking units on Thursday, prompting the transit authority to remove all […]
Posted inThe Download
Andover division on display at special town meeting
Mike Meyers, a 69-year-old resident of Andover, found a way to use town meeting to voice his displeasure with the way his community is being run. Meyers gathered enough signatures […]
Posted inPolitics
Andover division on display at special town meeting
MIKE MEYERS, a 69-year-old resident of Andover, found a way to use town meeting to voice his displeasure with the way his community is being run. Meyers gathered enough signatures […]
Posted inTransportation
State to seek (more) fed funding for I-90 Allston project
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE PUBLIC SECTOR is feeling the strain of soaring inflation, too: officials now expect that a once-in-a-generation infrastructure overhaul in Allston will cost $300 million more […]
Posted inOpinion
A reminder we forget our past at our own peril
The recently leaked draft Supreme Court opinion would, if issued as the final opinion of the Court, overturn the landmark decisions Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. It […]
Posted inMarijuana
Lawmakers move closer to addressing nagging cannabis questions
THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE took a major step Wednesday toward improving equity in the cannabis industry, passing a bill similar to one previously passed by the Senate that would create a […]
Posted inThe Download
Riley forcing a reckoning on Boston schoolsÂ
THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS are a mess, but it’s not clear what will or should be done about it. That’s the situation as the district approaches a moment of reckoning with […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Riley forcing a reckoning on Boston schoolsÂ
THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS are a mess, but it’s not clear what will or should be done about it. That’s the situation as the district approaches a moment of reckoning […]
Posted inOpinion
Next steps beyond Roe v Wade
WITH THE LEAKED Dobbs v. Jackson draft opinion, the US Supreme Court confirmed what we saw coming: the high court is preparing to overturn federal constitutional abortion protections and push abortion out […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
House plans vote on prison construction moratorium
THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE is set to vote on language this Thursday that would impose a five-year moratorium on new prison construction. The language is tucked into a large government bond […]
Posted inHealth Care
Mass General Brigham pledges to cut costs $70m a year
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM says it intends to cut spending $70 million a year across its hospital network to comply with a Health Policy Commission directive to bring its costs in […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
SJC says sheriffs can charge commissions for prison phone callsÂ
MASSACHUSETTS SHERIFFS HAVE the legal authority to raise revenue from contracts for inmate phone calls, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, whose office was at […]
Posted inThe Download
Police escort of officer shuts down SE Expressway
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Monday, I emerged from the Central Artery tunnel in heavy, stop-and-go traffic heading south on the Southeast Expressway. It was clear something was going on […]
Posted inTransportation
Police escort of officer shuts down SE Expressway
SHORTLY AFTER 2 p.m. on Monday, I emerged from the Central Artery tunnel in heavy, stop-and-go traffic heading south on the Southeast Expressway. It was clear something was going on […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service, Transportation
East-West rail authority not in transpo bond bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE $9.75 BILLION infrastructure bond bill that cleared the Transportation Committee does not include any language creating a new rail authority to oversee a passenger train […]
Posted inTransportation
Repair vehicles derailed 3 times during Blue Line work
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Steve Poftak said on Monday that a tool cart being used to lay 1,8900 feet of new track on the Blue Line derailed three times, not the […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA unveils redesign of its bus system
AFTER GOING NEARLY five decades without making any major changes to the MBTA’s bus route system, the transit authority on Monday unveiled a preliminary redesign that is expected to provide […]
Posted inEducation
We must invest in early education and care
WITH COSTS OF LIVING increasing, it is stressful having to choose between filling up your gas tank, buying enough food to feed your family, or paying for housing. It seems […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Rep. Haddad is star of energy documentary
Rep. Patricia Haddad of Somerset, long a powerful figure in the Massachusetts House, is now also the star of a new documentary written, directed, and produced by California-based filmmaker Kiki […]
Posted inThe Download
Rep. Haddad is star of energy documentary
REP. PATRICIA HADDAD of Somerset, long a powerful figure in the Massachusetts House, is now also the star of a new documentary written, directed, and produced by California-based filmmaker Kiki […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Rep. Haddad is star of energy documentary
REP. PATRICIA HADDAD of Somerset, long a powerful figure in the Massachusetts House, is now also the star of a new documentary written, directed, and produced by California-based filmmaker Kiki […]
Posted inState Government
State workforce shrinks to 2012 levels
MASSACHUSETTS STATE GOVERNMENT lost the equivalent of 1,409 full-time employees in one year during the pandemic, the steepest drop in state government employment since the Baker administration intentionally cut the […]