THE HEADLINES detailing the emergence of a US offshore wind supply chain in its infancy are starting to pop up in all sorts of places – a $250 million monopile […]
2 offshore wind developers submit bids
Posted inHealth Care
Bill scraps boards of trustees at soldiers’ homes
A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE charged with recommending reforms to the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home after a devastating COVID-19 outbreak released a 12-page bill on Thursday that would revamp the leadership and organizational […]
Posted inThe Download
Baker clean heat commission faces time squeeze
A little over a month ago, the Boston Globe reported that the Baker administration was woefully behind in one phase of its overall plan for addressing climate change. The plan […]
Posted inEnvironment
Baker clean heat commission faces time squeeze
This story has been updated with a comment from the Baker administration. A LITTLE OVER a month ago, the Boston Globe reported that the Baker administration was woefully behind in […]
Posted inTransportation
East Boston-South Boston ferry launching Monday
A NEW FERRY SERVICE between East Boston and South Boston is launching on Monday, but it’s not quite what transportation advocates think of when they envision Boston Harbor as a […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
A roadmap for mask rules in Massachusetts schools
ON AUGUST 24, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved a proposal by the commissioner of education to implement a mask mandate for Massachusetts schools that will last until […]
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Look who landed in Roxbury council final
There has been much consternation and reflection since last week’s Boston mayoral preliminary about the failure of any of the three Black candidates to land a spot on the November […]
Posted inPolitics
Look who landed in Roxbury council final
THERE HAS BEEN much consternation and reflection since last week’s Boston mayoral preliminary about the failure of any of the three Black candidates to land a spot on the November […]
Posted inEducation
MCAS results drop across the board
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE FIRST MCAS tests administered in the COVID-19 era featured drops in scores “across the board,” the state’s education commissioner said Tuesday, saying the results show […]
Posted inPolitics
Tight battles ahead for mayor in Lawrence, Holyoke
THE RACES FOR MAYOR in Lawrence and Holyoke promise to be close, as voters in the two communities on Tuesday narrowed crowded fields to two finalists who will need to […]
Posted inHealth Care
Nursing home industry sounds alarm – again
THE STATE’S NURSING home industry is again sounding the alarm, saying a package of nearly $560 million in state and federal aid is needed to address chronic staff shortages and […]
Posted inTransportation
T gets/gives updates on collision, derailment
NEW INFORMATION was released on Tuesday dealing with two recent incidents on the MBTA – one involving a July 30 collision on the Green Line in Brookline and the other […]
Posted inThe Download
Races to watch in today’s preliminary elections
Today will be a test of Lowell’s new at-large voting system, the result of a lawsuit about minority representation in government. It will also mark a narrowing of the historic […]
Posted inPolitics
Races to watch in today’s preliminary elections
TODAY WILL BE a test of Lowell’s new at-large voting system, the result of a lawsuit about minority representation in government. It will also mark a narrowing of the historic […]
Posted inEducation
MCAS: The fight goes on
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN 2018, more than a decade after he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Ryan Boyd had passed nearly every single MCAS standardized exam he needed […]
Posted inEnvironment
Baker: Janey can’t just withdraw harbor plan
ACTING BOSTON Mayor Kim Janey said late last month that she was withdrawing the city’s downtown municipal harbor plan, but Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday said a plan cannot technically […]
Posted inUncategorized
SJC was right on Baker’s emergency orders
AT THIS WRITING, many Massachusetts communities are imposing new mask rules to address the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, while public and private sector leaders are debating the merits of […]
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State takes down stairs where BU prof died
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION over the weekend took down and removed the rusted-out, fenced-off stairs near JFK/UMass Station on the MBTA’s Red Line in Dorchester where the body of Boston University […]
Posted inThe Codcast
What’s behind one lawsuit against Vineyard Wind
Annie Hawkins has a message you don’t hear very often in Massachusetts these days. CommonWealth Magazine · Annie Hawkins and her Vineyard Wind lawsuitThe executive director of the Responsible Offshore […]
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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 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 […]