STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LEGISLATION THAT lawmakers hope will turbocharge the growing offshore wind industry in Massachusetts and help the state meet its climate commitments easily sailed through the House […]
Offshore wind bill sails through House
Posted inGambling
Gaming Commission sidesteps Encore concert legality
THE MASSACHUSETTS Gaming Commission on Thursday sidestepped a prickly policy question about the legality of concerts and other entertainment being offered by Encore Boston Harbor at its grand ballroom in […]
Posted inEducation
It’s time to end the transcript trap
NEARLY 100,000 STUDENTS and graduates at Massachusetts’s public colleges and universities have been held in a transcript ransom, making them among the 6.6 million nationwide impacted by this unfair practice. […]
Posted inThe Download
Shifting narrative on report on traffic stops
When the Legislature passed a law banning the use of handheld cell phones while driving, a major concern voiced by lawmakers was that it would be enforced disproportionately against Black […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Shifting narrative on report on traffic stops
WHEN THE LEGISLATURE passed a law banning the use of handheld cell phones while driving, a major concern voiced by lawmakers was that it would be enforced disproportionately against Black […]
Posted inOpinion
Defying DPH, hospitals keep shuttering ‘necessary’ facilities
AFTER A DECADE of ceaseless hospital closures and consolidations, and with yet more essential services facing elimination – obstetrics and mental health at Norwood Hospital and pediatrics at Tufts Medical […]
Posted inEnvironment, State House News Service
2 senators say proposed building code comes up short
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS THE DEPARTMENT of Energy Resources launches hearings on its straw proposal for a stretch code update and a new municipal opt-in specialized stretch code, two […]
Posted inGambling
Concert violations at Encore ballroom alleged
THEATERS LOCATED near Encore Boston Harbor in Everett are alleging the casino has been violating state law by selling seats to large concerts and events inside its grand ballroom. The […]
Posted inThe Download
GOP gov hopeful Doughty taps former rep as unofficial running mate
Can a largely unknown gubernatorial candidate, who is the underdog in a primary race in a cratering political party, get a little oomph by announcing that a largely unknown former […]
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GOP gov hopeful Doughty taps former rep as unofficial running mate
CAN A LARGELY unknown gubernatorial candidate, who is the underdog in a primary race in a cratering political party, get a little oomph by announcing that a largely unknown former […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Masks no longer mandated on school buses
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A DAY AFTER K-12 students returned to classrooms with a statewide mask mandate no longer in place, the Baker administration announced that children no longer need […]
Posted inEducation
Children’s mental health must become priority
I’m the father of two pandemic babies, Teddy and Grace. Although one of Teddy’s first words was “mask,” my children are blissfully unaware of COVID. They will, however, grow up […]
Posted inPolitics
Jay McMahon announces AG run in unusual fashion
REPUBLICAN JAY MCMAHON on Tuesday announced he was launching a second campaign for attorney general in an announcement made in unusual fashion – by the Massachusetts Republican Party. McMahon launched […]
Posted inEnvironment
New offshore wind bill drops electric bill charges
HOUSE LEADERS on Tuesday abandoned a proposal to hike electric ratepayer bills as they pulled together the votes needed to pass legislation offering significant financial incentives to the offshore wind […]
Posted inThe Download
Encore’s ‘expansion’ starts to raise tricky questions
Who should we believe over at Wynn Resorts? The question is starting to get interesting as the company is pitching a new complex across Broadway from the existing Encore Boston […]
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Encore’s ‘expansion’ starts to raise tricky questions
WHO SHOULD we believe over at Wynn Resorts? The question is starting to get interesting as the company is pitching a new complex across Broadway from the existing Encore Boston […]
Posted inPolitics
Pioneer Institute launching center to push issues in court
PIONEER INSTITUTE, which has spent more than three decades trying to inform and shape policy in the public arena, is going to take its case for limited government and free-market […]
Posted inOpinion
We demand our gas utilities shift to renewables
ONE MORNING, as Elena was walking her children to school, her 8-year-old son suddenly said: “Mom, I smell gas!” He was smelling gas from one of Massachusetts’s 15,000 unrepaired leaks, […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Wu proposes restricting ‘targeted residential picketing’
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON MAYOR Michelle Wu, who has regularly encountered protesters outside her home, filed a proposed ordinance Monday to put new rules in place restricting demonstrations that […]
Posted inTransportation
Merrimack Valley RTA goes fare free for two years
THE MERRIMACK Valley Regional Transit Authority gave a big shot in the arm to the fare-free bus movement on Monday, announcing a two-year experiment where all of its buses will […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Local-option COVID approach slammed
Carlene Pavlos, executive director of the Massachusetts Public Health Association, says the Baker administration’s policy of leaving many of the major COVID decisions to local boards of health helps explain […]
Posted inThe Download
Local-option COVID approach slammed
Carlene Pavlos, executive director of the Massachusetts Public Health Association, says the Baker administration’s policy of leaving many of the major COVID decisions to local boards of health helps explain […]
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Local-option COVID approach slammed
CARLENE PAVLOS, executive director of the Massachusetts Public Health Association, says the Baker administration’s policy of leaving many of the major COVID decisions to local boards of health helps explain […]
Posted inOpinion
DPH has final say on expansions, but will it use it?
AFTER RECEIVING input from the attorney general’s office and Health Policy Commission, the Department of Public Health is considering whether to approve or reject a proposal by Mass General Brigham […]