THE MAY 26 San Jose murders, where a gunman opened fire at a public transit rail yard, killing nine people, further illustrate that this country’s epidemic of gun violence makes […]
Changing the conversation on gun violence
Posted inOpinion
5 ways to make buses more reliable
THE REMARKABLE RESILIENCE of bus ridership through even the worst months of the pandemic has underscored the critical importance of this surface transportation mode to provide access to jobs and […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Mass. Reboot Episode 1: Art
The Boch Center and the Dorchester Art Project are arts organizations from very different worlds, but both were hit hard by COVID and are now struggling to find their way […]
Posted inGambling
Blackjack players lose their bet at the SJC
“ACCORDING TO THE WISE gambling proverb, ‘If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.’” So begins […]
Posted inThe Download
Mass Reboot: The arts sector
The Boch Center and the Dorchester Art Project are arts organizations from very different worlds, but both were hit hard by COVID and are now struggling to find their way […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Mass Reboot: The arts sector
THE BOCH CENTER and the Dorchester Art Project are arts organizations from very different worlds, but both were hit hard by COVID and are now struggling to find their way […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker seems eager to start spending
WITH STATE GOVERNMENT sitting on a huge pile of cash, Gov. Charlie Baker is suddenly eager to spend it. Early last week he proposed putting up $10 million in federal […]
Posted inOpinion
Playing catch-up with remediation won’t work
FOR A MOMENT, imagine you commute to work each day by train. A co-worker also commutes by train, but on a different line. Every day your co-worker arrives late, missing […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Baker proposes 2-month, not 2-day, sales tax holiday
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH MASSACHUSETTS on track to end the year with a multi-billion dollar surplus, Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday proposed a two-month sales tax holiday that would […]
Posted inOpinion
Mass. casinos may need Legislature’s help
I GET IT! Massachusetts is slowly beginning to emerge from the cocoon of the COVID-related shutdown of a significant portion of the Commonwealth’s economy. The effects of that shutdown have been […]
Posted inThe Download
Baker, Healey watch as field for governor forms
Another day, another candidate in the race for Massachusetts governor not named Baker. Or Healey, for that matter. With today’s campaign launch by Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, three Democrats have now […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker, Healey watch as field for governor forms
ANOTHER DAY, another candidate in the race for Massachusetts governor not named Baker. Or Healey, for that matter. With today’s campaign launch by Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, three Democrats have now […]
Posted inPolitics
Chang-Diaz launches run for governor
SEN. SONIA CHANG-DIAZ, a hard-charging liberal who has championed issues ranging from education funding to criminal justice reform in her 13 years in the Legislature, declared her run for governor […]
Posted inUncategorized
House votes to put fed funds through budget-like process
THE HOUSE VOTED overwhelmingly on Tuesday to put nearly all of the roughly $5 billion in unrestricted federal stimulus money through a budget-like process, giving Gov. Charlie Baker immediate control […]
Posted inEducation
State ed board approves vocational school admission changes
OVER THE OBJECTIONS of advocates who said the changes did not go far enough, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved new regulations Tuesday morning aimed at creating […]
Posted inOpinion
Potential Atrius sale evokes sadness, concerns
IN MARCH, Atrius Health announced it was going to be acquired by Optum, a division of the country’s largest for-profit health insurance company, UnitedHealth Group. The deal evokes sadness in […]
Posted inThe Download
When is the Boston mayoral race going to pick up?
WITH LESS THAN three months to go before the Boston mayoral preliminary election, it feels like the campaign is in slow motion. The candidates are out there talking with voters, […]
Posted inPolitics
When is the Boston mayoral race going to pick up?
WITH LESS THAN three months to go before the Boston mayoral preliminary election, it feels like the campaign is in slow motion. The candidates are out there talking with voters, […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Mass. sheriffs cut cost of prison calls
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EVERY SHERIFF’S department in Massachusetts has agreed to provide people incarcerated at county jails and houses of correction with at least 10 minutes of free phone […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: New subway cars still in limbo
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Steve Poftak said the new Orange and Red Line cars will remain in limbo for the time being as the T continues to try to reach consensus […]
Posted inHealth Care
A call to chronicle the horrors of Mass. state hospitals
IT STANDS AS a particularly horrible chapter in the state’s ongoing struggle to ensure adequate treatment for those with mental health issues and other disabilities. Beginning in the 19th century, […]
Posted inTransportation
Members of T control board say goodbye
THE MEMBERS of the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board bid a final farewell on Monday as lawmakers on Beacon Hill continued to trade proposals about what a successor board […]
Posted inTransportation
GLX to come in under budget, opening slightly delayed
MBTA OFFICIALS say the $2.3 billion project extending the Green Line into Somerville and Medford will come in under budget and be finished slightly later than expected, with the Union […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion, Race/Racism
Closing a hate-crime loophole
IMAGINE WAKING UP in the morning and seeing an image of hate painted on the front door of the apartment you’ve rented for years. This image is meant to target […]