COULD IT BE that the heir to Republican Charlie Baker and his magic moderate recipe for political success is the state’s Trump-suing Democratic attorney general, Maura Healey? Healey might not […]
Healey’s delicate dance with labels
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Healey’s delicate dance with labels
COULD IT BE that the heir to Republican Charlie Baker and his magic moderate recipe for political success is the state’s Trump-suing Democratic attorney general, Maura Healey? Healey might not […]
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A ‘duende’ diss to Tom Brady
NOW LET’S GET something clear before you read any further. I’m no sports enthusiast. I was once a baseball fan, but that was a long time ago, before the Red […]
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Baker sketches plan for $9.5b in fed infrastructure spending
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Thursday laid out in broad strokes his plan for spending $9.5 billion in federal infrastructure money, which the state is expected to receive over the next […]
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Senate taking another shot at drug pricing legislation
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A BILL TARGETING drug costs that the Senate plans to take up next week would cap the cost of insulin at $25 a month for consumers, […]
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COVID spending bill grows to $101m, passes within hours
A $55 MILLION COVID-related spending bill ballooned into a $101 million bill under an agreement reached between House and Senate negotiators, which lawmakers sent to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk just […]
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Grid operator should stop crying wolf
NEW ENGLAND’S fossil fuel interests and electric grid operator are at it again. Every winter, they issue dire warnings that our region’s power grid won’t be able to handle the […]
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Fault lines in New England’s climate plan
Electricity in many ways is the key to the region’s climate change plans – bulk up and decarbonize the New England power grid and then use the green electricity to […]
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Fault lines in New England’s climate plan
ELECTRICITY IN MANY WAYS is the key to the region’s climate change plans – bulk up and decarbonize the New England power grid and then use the green electricity to […]
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Ex-Trump aide Lewandowski joins Diehl campaign
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LOWELL NATIVE and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has joined Republican Geoff Diehl’s campaign for governor as a senior advisor, the GOP candidate announced Wednesday, […]
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Natural gas bottleneck hurting New England
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]