FOR ALMOST THREE decades, natural gas use has continued to grow in New England, while the number of pipelines feeding the region has remained stagnant. Demand has increased while supply […]
Natural gas bottleneck hurting New England
Posted inEnvironment
Electricity costs skyrocket along with oil usage
THE NEW ENGLAND power grid kept the lights on across the region in January, but at a very high cost financially and in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The cost […]
Posted inEnvironment
Hunters, conservationists at odds on Sunday bow hunting
OVER THE YEARS, Massachusetts has gradually repealed its “blue laws” — historically religious laws aimed at preserving Sunday as a day of rest. In 1983, retail stores were allowed to […]
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After rejection of ‘innovation’ plan, Charlestown High faces new reckoning
CALL IT THE push-me-pull-you saga of troubled Charlestown High School. One by one, teachers at Charlestown High spoke at a recent Boston School Committee hearing, railing against a proposal to […]
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After rejection of ‘innovation’ plan, Charlestown High faces new reckoning
CALL IT THE push-me-pull-you saga of troubled Charlestown High School. One by one, teachers at Charlestown High spoke at a recent Boston School Committee hearing, railing against a proposal to […]
Posted inPolitics
Andrea Campbell announces run for attorney general
FORMER BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR Andrea Campbell is joining the Democratic race for attorney general, vowing to be “an attorney general for justice for all.” The 39-year-old Mattapan resident plans to […]
Posted inOpinion
Youth mental health trends are alarming
AS WE FACE the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is little doubt that the effect on our mental health has been profound. For young people – teens and […]
Posted inGuns
Healey backs Mexico in case against gun manufacturers
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE RETURNING TO AN ISSUE that was at the center of her first campaign, Attorney General Maura Healey led a coalition of state prosecutors on Tuesday in […]
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Galvin bill would subject governor’s office to public records law
SECRETARY OF STATE William Galvin has filed legislation that would subject the governor’s office to the Massachusetts public records law, a law that Galvin’s office helps enforce. “I am proposing […]
Posted inEnvironment
Close calls as region’s power grid walks a tightrope
This story has been updated. THE OVERSEER of the New England power grid warned on Monday that the region is walking a tightrope this winter, flirting with emergency situations that […]
Posted inThe Download
Baker mask mandate, no longer in effect, facing challenge
The statewide mask mandate is no longer in effect, but litigation over it continues. The Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments in a case challenging Gov. Charlie […]
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Baker mask mandate, no longer in effect, facing challenge
THE STATEWIDE MASK mandate is no longer in effect, but litigation over it continues. The Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments in a case challenging Gov. Charlie […]
Posted inEducation
Top Baker aides urge colleges to lead Mass. into endemic
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TWO BAKER ADMINISTRATION Cabinet secretaries late last week urged college and university presidents to eschew strict campus-wide COVID-19 protocols and instead put their institutions at the […]
Posted inEnvironment
Lawsuit challenges Vineyard Wind approval
A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING the federal approval of the nation’s first industrial-scale offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts raises questions about the haste with which the project was approved […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Hayden eschews labels, vows to ‘do the right thing’ as DA
KEVIN HAYDEN says the heightened attention in recent years to racial bias in the criminal justice system or ways that the most punitive outcome in a case isn’t always the […]
Posted inHealth Care
Vaccine mandate prompts exit of 1,013 state workers
MORE THAN 1,000 state employees have now left state government rather than comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Massachusetts executive branch vaccine mandate went into effect October 17, […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Tracing the origins of the Mass General Brigham fight
Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute and John McDonough of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University trace the origins of the fight over Mass General Brigham’s […]
Posted inOpinion
Drug discount program padding hospital profits
IMPROVING VULNERABLE populations’ access to medicines is clearly important. But something is amiss when a program that is supposed to improve access to healthcare has turned into a cash cow […]
Posted inPolitics
Poll: Baker not running, but still looms large in gov race
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is not running for reelection, but he is likely to cast a long shadow over the race to replace him. A new poll released Monday by the […]
Posted inThe Download
Tracing the origins of the Mass General Brigham fight
Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute and John McDonough of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University trace the origins of the fight over Mass General Brigham’s […]
Posted inHealth Care
Tracing the origins of the Mass General Brigham fight
PAUL HATTIS of the Lown Institute and John McDonough of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University trace the origins of the fight over Mass General Brigham’s […]
Posted inUncategorized
Can a parent’s right to a child be terminated via Zoom?
WITH THE COVID-19 pandemic upending judicial proceedings, courts have ruled that under certain circumstances, a criminal trial can be held via Zoom. Now the same question is arising in Juvenile […]
Posted inOpinion
Huge upside to new MBTA upzoning guidelines
IN THE 2021 Greater Boston Housing Report Card, the Boston Foundation highlighted how the pandemic has amplified what was already one of Greater Boston’s most pressing needs – adequate housing supply in […]
Posted inOpinion
Use our forests to fight climate change
TWO BILLS NOW before the Legislature — H.912, An Act Relative to Forest Protection and H.1002, An Act Relative to Increased Protection of Wildlife Management Areas — would help to […]