In a highly unusual move, the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday voted for a bill legalizing sports betting by voice vote – sparing individual senators the need to record their position […]
Getting the odds on passage of sports betting
Posted inTransportation
Faulty equipment blamed for Red Line passenger death
A PRELIMINARY REPORT released by the National Transportation Safety Board indicates a “fault in a local door control system” was likely the cause of an April 10 accident on the […]
Posted inThe Download
Lesser says ‘broad consensus’ explains sports betting voice vote
In a highly unusual move, the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday voted for a bill legalizing sports betting by voice vote – sparing individual senators the need to record their position […]
Posted inGambling
Lesser says ‘broad consensus’ explains sports betting voice vote
IN A HIGHLY UNUSUAL MOVE, the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday voted for a bill legalizing sports betting by voice vote – sparing individual senators the need to record their position […]
Posted inOpinion
Online notarization makes sense in today’s world
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, we spent years talking about the future of the internet and what the world would look like when everything we needed was online. Then the pandemic hit, […]
Posted inEducation
New Bedford charter school at center of 2019 battle poised to hit enrollment target
THREE YEARS AFTER a proposed compromise plan for expansion of a New Bedford charter school collapsed in the face of opposition from teachers unions and their legislative allies, the school […]
Posted inOpinion
We need new tools to deal with epidemic of wage theft
MASSACHUSETTS NEEDS new legislation to curb wage theft because what happened in Amherst should have never happened and should never happen again. Nine undocumented Hondurans worked 10 hours a day, […]
Posted inOpinion
It’s time for Mass. to eliminate cash bail
MASSACHUSETTS’ INCARCERATED population has been declining for several years. As a result, we now have the lowest overall incarceration rate in the US, and the Massachusetts Department of Corrections has […]
Posted inOpinion
Calculating the right price for commuter rail
RIDERS ON THE MBTA commuter rail know that the network is significantly more expensive than the T’s local bus and subway service. It’s due for a change now. For any […]
Posted inOpinion
Baker proposal for guardians ad litem will only worsen child welfare system
A SYSTEM THAT often harms the children it is sworn to protect requires fundamental reform – not tinkering. The $50 million expansion of the child-welfare bureaucracy proposed by Gov. Charlie […]
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SJC will consider challenges to all four ballot questions
State law lays out the steps needed to file an initiative petition to put a question before voters on the state ballot: get certified by the attorney general, collect signatures, […]
Posted inPolitics
SJC will consider challenges to all four ballot questions
STATE LAW lays out the steps needed to file an initiative petition to put a question before voters on the state ballot: get certified by the attorney general, collect signatures, […]
Posted inOpinion
A plan for Greater Boston’s future
IT’S FINALLY springtime in Boston. The grass is green, trees are leafing, and the birds are back. It’s a time for rebirth and renewal. This particular spring seems an especially […]
Posted inGambling
Senate passes sports betting on voice vote
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER YEARS OF DISCUSSION and pressure from both inside and outside the State House, the Massachusetts Senate voted Thursday to legalize sports wagering, but lawmakers will […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA spending going up, but not enough for low-income fare
THE MBTA IS planning to increase spending 8 percent in the coming fiscal year, but the transit authority’s general manager said there is not enough money for new initiatives such […]
Posted inTransportation
Poftak, T board offer condolences on Lalin, Monsini
THE MBTA’S general manager and board of directors, who have come under fire for failing to acknowledge the deaths of Robinson Lalin and Peter Monsini, did so on Thursday in […]
Posted inRace/Racism
King sculpture on Boston Common breaks ground
BOSTON UNIVERSITY STATEHOUSE PROGRAM A LARGE GROUP of dignitaries held a ceremonially groundbreaking at the Boston Common on Wednesday for the “Embrace,” a sculpture commemorating the moment when Dr. Martin […]
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Representative apologizes after drunk driving arrest
THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE arrested Tuesday for drunk driving apologized on Thursday and pledged to seek treatment for his addiction. Rep. David LeBoeuf, a Worcester Democrat, wrote in a public statement on […]
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Climate change brain drain in Baker administration
Gov. Charlie Baker lost another key aide on the climate change front, as Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides said she is leaving the administration next week. Theoharides has […]
Posted inEnvironment
Climate change brain drain in Baker administration
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER lost another key aide on the climate change front, as Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides said she is leaving the administration next week. Theoharides has […]
Posted inPolitics
Chang-Diaz turns forum with Healey into a debate
DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL candidate Sonia Chang-Diaz, frustrated in her attempts to negotiate a pre-convention, one-on-one debate with her rival Maura Healey, used a Wednesday night forum on climate change to accentuate […]
Posted inHealth Care
South Coast residents struggle to get health care, insurance
IT IS BY now an axiom that Massachusetts residents have access to some of the best health care in the country. But actually getting that health care and being able […]
Posted inTransportation
W. Mass. showing clout on East-West rail
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, with the help of US Rep. Richard Neal, is starting to flex some muscle on the region’s holy grail of transportation — East-West rail. At a meeting in […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
State Rep. David LeBoeuf arrested for drunken driving
STATE REP. DAVID LEBOEUF was arrested Tuesday night and charged with drunken driving, after he was caught driving with a blood alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit. […]