AS CANDIDATES for governor and mayor of Boston tout plans for fare-free public transit before the end of the decade, a new report suggests the MBTA could be facing a […]
Report: T faces ‘fiscal calamity’ in few years
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Nangle gets 15 months in prison
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A FEDERAL JUDGE sentenced former Rep. David Nangle to 15 months in prison on Wednesday after the Lowell Democrat pleaded guilty earlier this year to illegally […]
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Voters shrug at Boston’s ‘historic’ mayor’s race
THE BOSTON MAYOR’S race drew national coverage, with stories appearing everywhere from the New York Times and Washington Post to the PBS NewsHour. The outsized attention was squarely focused on […]
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Health Policy Commission backs provider price caps
THE MASSACHUSETTS Health Policy Commission is recommending that the state take more aggressive measures to control health care costs, including setting price caps on the most expensive hospital systems and imposing […]
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Vineyard Wind completes $2.3b bank financing
VINEYARD WIND said it will begin construction of the nation’s first commercial-scale wind farm as soon as Thursday now that nine banks have agreed to put up $2.3 billion in […]
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SJC upholds $21m verdict against Phillip Morris
MASSACHUSETTS” HIGHEST COURT on Wednesday upheld a $21 million jury verdict that cigarette company Phillip Morris will have to pay the family of a Lynn man who died from smoking-related […]
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A mayoral miss for Black Boston
BOSTON’S NEXT MAYOR will break twin barriers by being the first woman and first person of color to lead the city. But the storyline of big change comes tinged with […]
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A mayoral miss for Black Boston
BOSTON’S NEXT MAYOR will break twin barriers by being the first woman and first person of color to lead the city. But the storyline of big change comes tinged with […]
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It’s Wu vs. Essaibi George in final election for Boston mayor
BREAKING TWIN BARRIERS in a city that has often been resistant to change, city councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George topped Tuesday’s preliminary election for mayor of Boston and […]
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Wu says she’s won a spot in Boston mayoral final
WITH OFFICIAL RESULTS slow to trickle in, City Councilor Michelle Wu told supporters Tuesday night she is confident she’ll finish in one of the two top spots in Boston’s preliminary […]
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Incumbent mayors in Framingham, Gloucester face uphill battles
INCUMBENT MAYORS took a drubbing Tuesday night in preliminary elections in Framingham and Gloucester but gathered enough votes to make it into the November final. Yvonne Spicer, the first mayor […]
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Playing catchup on rare earth metals
THREE YEARS AGO, my partners and I founded Phoenix Tailings in a Cambridge backyard, creating a process to refine mining waste into rare earth metals. These are the 17 different […]
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Lawmakers push for expansion of Plainridge
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HAVING ALREADY advanced House and Senate versions of sports betting legislation, the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies dedicated much of its Tuesday hearing […]
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As sentencing approaches, 2 sides of Nangle emerge
IS FORMER STATE Rep. David Nangle a corrupt politician and expert at the legislative quid pro quo, or is he a compassionate, caring man felled by an addiction to gambling? Sentencing memos written by […]
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Death at closed, rusted staircase a mystery
Boston University professor David K. Jones was found dead on Saturday beneath a closed-off, rusted-out staircase near the MBTA’s JFK/UMass Station in Dorchester, but how he got there remains a […]
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Death at closed, rusted staircase a mystery
BOSTON UNIVERSITY professor David K. Jones was found dead on Saturday beneath a closed-off, rusted-out staircase near the MBTA’s JFK/UMass Station in Dorchester, but how he got there remains a […]
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We should eliminate off-cycle elections in Mass.
FORMER GOVERNOR Deval Patrick once said, “Massachusetts invented America.” For a state that prides itself on shaping American democracy, Massachusetts faces a wicked participation problem. And the current proposed solutions—like […]
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Baker: National Guard to assist with school transportation
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER called up the National Guard on Monday to help transport kids to school, amid a shortage of school bus drivers in the state. Baker said once it […]
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A 2d lawsuit in works against Vineyard Wind
A GROUP REPRESENTING US fishing interests is suing to block the federal government’s approval of Vineyard Wind, becoming the second organization to file a legal challenge to the nation’s first […]
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Galvin predicts turnout of 100,000 in Boston
VOTERS IN 15 municipalities go to the polls on Tuesday to hold preliminary elections. While the marquee race is undoubtedly the Boston mayoral contest, campaigns elsewhere in the state are […]
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Boston mayor’s race — in the homestretch
With Boston’s preliminary election for mayor only hours away, a lot remains up in the air. The one certainty: For the first time in the 199 years since its incorporation […]
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Boston’s preliminary race for mayor in the homestretch
With Boston’s preliminary election for mayor only hours away, a lot remains up in the air. The one certainty: For the first time in the 199 years since its incorporation […]
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Boston’s preliminary race for mayor in the homestretch
WITH BOSTON’S PRELIMINARY election for mayor only hours away, a lot remains up in the air. The one certainty: For the first time in the 199 years since its incorporation […]
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SJC sets limits on use of police body camera footage
AS THE MASSACHUSETTS Legislature continues to study how to regulate police-worn body cameras, the Supreme Judicial Court on Friday established legal limits on how body camera footage can be used. […]