Annie Hawkins has a message you don’t hear very often in Massachusetts these days. The executive director of the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a national group of fishing interests, Hawkins […]
What’s behind one lawsuit against Vineyard Wind
Posted inEnvironment
What’s behind one lawsuit against Vineyard Wind
ANNIE HAWKINS has a message you don’t hear very often in Massachusetts these days. The executive director of the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a national group of fishing interests, Hawkins […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
William Allen’s case for commutation
WHEN COVID-19 broke out at the Old Colony Correctional Center where William Allen was incarcerated, the immunocompromised prisoner in his 40s volunteered to clean the showers on the COVID unit because someone had […]
Posted inEducation
MCAS results will provide vital information on pandemic impact — and student needs
THE ANNUAL RELEASE of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test scores has garnered little attention in recent years, but that’s not likely to be the case this year. When […]
Posted inOpinion
DPH needs to stop being a paper tiger
EVERY TIME a hospital spends capital dollars to add inpatient beds or ambulatory sites to its footprint, the Department of Public Health is tasked with conducting an analysis to determine whether […]
Posted inOpinion
Five steps toward a better bike strategy
SEPTEMBER IS Bay State Bike Month, where riders from across the state come together to join a variety of community events promoting all the joys of bicycling throughout Massachusetts, including […]
Posted inOpinion
Listen to what food insecure people say they need
NEARLY 20 PERCENT of Massachusetts households struggle to access food — a number that has more than doubled during the pandemic. It’s a serious and growing issue, and there’s no […]
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Evictions happening less today than pre-COVID
WHEN STATE and federal COVID-related moratoriums on evictions ended, advocates worried that there would be a tsunami of people losing their homes. But, state officials said Friday, an increase in rental […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Opioid epidemic grinds on in Mass. at elevated rates
This research brief was prepared by the Boston Indicators Project. AS THE COVID-19 pandemic continues to fill headlines, the opioid epidemic grinds on with few signs of improvement. In this […]
Posted inThe Download
‘Frequent flyers’ account for 9.4% of ER visits
As state policymakers seek ways to slow the growth in health care costs and improve access to care, a new report by the Center for Health Information and Analysis on […]
Posted inHealth Care
‘Frequent flyers’ account for 9.4% of ER visits
AS STATE POLICYMAKERS seek ways to slow the growth in health care costs and improve access to care, a new report by the Center for Health Information and Analysis on […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Baker investigating vaccine passes
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IT WILL BE IMPORTANTÂ for people to have a simple way to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday as he […]
Posted inGambling
Bally’s in R.I. taking aim at Mass.
CASINO WARS in New England are officially starting to heat up. The newly renamed Bally’s Twin River officially broke ground Thursday on a major expansion of its casino in Lincoln, […]
Posted inOpinion
6 myths about emergency rental assistance
RONALD REAGAN once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.” That statement was wrong then, and those […]
Posted inThe Download
Baker-affiliated super PAC has gone silent
Super PACs have pumped more than $4 million into the race for mayor of Boston, but one has been noticeably absent from the political fray. The Massachusetts Majority PAC, which […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker-affiliated super PAC has gone silent
SUPER PACs have pumped more than $4 million into the race for mayor of Boston, but one has been noticeably absent from the political fray. The Massachusetts Majority PAC, which […]
Posted inTransportation
Report: T faces ‘fiscal calamity’ in few years
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 […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
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 […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Voters shrug at Boston’s ‘historic’ mayor’s raceÂ
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 […]
Posted inHealth Care
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 […]
Posted inEnvironment
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 […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
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 […]
Posted inThe Download
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 […]
Posted inPolitics
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 […]