THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT of Transportation issued an unusual press release Tuesday evening indicating the agency is preparing to spend $75 million shoring up the crumbling elevated section of the Turnpike […]
MassDOT to spend $75m shoring up elevated Turnpike
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Should state parks be funded with user fees or tax dollars?
State funding for the agency that oversees parks fell by $4.5 million over the last 12 years, even as expenses kept growing. To make ends meet, the Department of Conservation […]
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Should state parks be funded with user fees or tax dollars?
STATE FUNDING for the agency that oversees parks fell by $4.5 million over the last 12 years, even as expenses kept growing. To make ends meet, the Department of Conservation […]
Posted inOpinion
Without grid investments, clean power goals may not be met
AT A TIME our nation and the New England area faces the challenge of fostering economic recovery in the wake of a global pandemic, investment in our electricity transmission system […]
Posted inGambling
Casino revenues continue to make gains
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER POSTING THEIR best month since before the COVID-19 pandemic in March, the casinos and slots parlor in Massachusetts reported similarly positive revenue figures for the […]
Posted inHealth Care
A rush to judgment on Alzheimer’s drug
THE BOSTON-BASED Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) sells itself as an independent source of information on the value of pharmaceuticals. But earlier this month, their bias was again […]
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Baker ending nearly all COVID restrictions May 29
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER moved up the state’s return to what many are calling the new normal by two months, setting May 29 as the day nearly all remaining COVID-19 restrictions will […]
Posted inThe Codcast
COVID-19 testing not going away
Vaccines may be here, but the need for COVID-19 testing is not going away any time soon. CommonWealth Magazine · COVID-19 testing not going awayThat’s the prediction of Tim Rowe, […]
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Need for pooled testing in schools is not disappearing
Vaccines may be here, but the need for COVID-19 testing is not going away any time soon. That’s the prediction of Tim Rowe, the CEO of CIC Health, a private […]
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Need for pooled testing in schools is not disappearing
VACCINES MAY BE here, but the need for COVID-19 testing is not going away any time soon. That’s the prediction of Tim Rowe, the CEO of CIC Health, a private […]
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First-in-the-nation hotline seeks to help abusers
MASSACHUSETTS HAS numerous hotlines and resources for people who have been abused by their intimate partners. But if an abuser wants to change his behavior, who can he call for […]
Posted inOpinion
3 steps toward racially just policing
THE GUILTY VERDICT in the trial of Derek Chauvin does not put an end to the long and difficult struggle for racially just policing. Officers continue to kill people with […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Why did Walsh look to cut short police commissioner probe?
WHY DID MARTY WALSH, who was pilloried for the hasty appointment of Police Commissioner Dennis White with no vetting or even an interview when it was revealed that White was […]
Posted inOpinion
FDA must ban menthol cigarettes this time
AT THE END of April, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would move toward banning menthol flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars. While encouraged by the announcement, we must […]
Posted inOpinion
Biomass is false solution to climate change
FOR TOO LONG, burning wood has been wrongly considered “clean” energy, when in fact it is bad for both the climate and human health. With two recent decisions, Massachusetts seems poised […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Janey says White must go, decries ‘blue wall of silence’
ACTING MAYOR KIM JANEY released a devastating report Friday on Police Commissioner Dennis White, who was put on leave just two days after his appointment in early February amid reports […]
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Mass. Republicans continue to contest 2020 election results
DID YOU THINK the battle over the 2020 election was over? Think again. This week, US Rep. Liz Cheney lost her position in Republican House leadership for rejecting former president […]
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Mass. Republicans continue to contest 2020 election results
DID YOU THINK the battle over the 2020 election was over? Think again. This week, US Rep. Liz Cheney lost her position in Republican House leadership for rejecting former president […]
Posted inOpinion
Actually, Mass. is willfully blind to mass murder, suicide
IN RESPONSE to an opinion piece published on May 8, 2021, by Jim Jordan, I would point out that Massachusetts does not have a “blind spot” when it comes to […]
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Sen. Gomez is asking the wrong question about David Almond
MY HEART SANK when I read Shira Schoenberg’s May 6, 2021 article, Did DCF return David Almond to his father because he is White? As someone who has dedicated much […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Baker doesn’t budge (yet) on masks
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASKS WILL STILL be required for now in all indoor public places, at all events, and outdoors when social distancing is not possible in Massachusetts, despite […]
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R.I. resident irked by high Mass. camping rates
Kristine Barraco, who lives in Coventry, Rhode Island, was planning to spend some time on Cape Cod this summer camping at Nickerson State Park. But then she looked into what […]
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R.I. resident irked by high Mass. camping rates
KRISTINE BARRACO, who lives in Coventry, Rhode Island, was planning to spend some time on Cape Cod this summer camping at Nickerson State Park. But then she looked into what […]
Posted inTransportation
Advocates: Tap fed infrastructure funds for Allston I-90 project
A GROUP OF TRANSPORTATION advocates sent a letter on Wednesday to all members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation urging them to press for federal funding for an all-at-grade I-90 Allston […]