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 […]
Opioid epidemic grinds on in Mass. at elevated rates
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‘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 […]
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‘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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 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 […]
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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 […]
Posted inPolitics
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 finalÂ
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 […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
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 […]