HUGE NEW SWATHS of land will now be available to hemp growers, after a state agency last week removed one of the major legal barriers to growing hemp in Massachusetts and […]
State allows hemp to be grown on agricultural land
Posted inNews Analysis
Stark differences make many Mass. communities neighbors in name only
IN 1847, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ordered that a line be drawn from the mouth of the Shawsheen River, down along its eastern bank, and “thence in a straight line […]
Posted inRace/Racism
NAACP probes allegations of financial misconduct by regional official
THE NATIONAL NAACP is investigating allegations of financial impropriety involving the president of the New England Area Conference of the NAACP. Michael Curry, a member of the national NAACP board of directors, revealed the investigation of […]
Posted inEconomy
Deep tech: The next frontier of the Mass. innovation ecosystem
IN THE RACE to get “shots into arms,” vaccine producers are literally trying to squeeze out more RNA from the manufacturing process. Enter Ginkgo Bioworks, Boston’s biotechnology giant, whose technology […]
Posted inThe Download
Is vaccine supply finally outpacing demand?
Remember the days of “vaccine angels” and waiting up until midnight hitting refresh on a website, seeking a vaccine appointment? Those days appear to be over. CBS Boston reported that […]
Posted inHealth Care
Is vaccine supply finally outpacing demand?
REMEMBER THE DAYS of “vaccine angels” and waiting up until midnight hitting refresh on a website, seeking a vaccine appointment? Those days appear to be over. CBS Boston reported that […]
Posted inEconomy
Mass. economy roars back in 1st quarter
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASSACHUSETTS ECONOMY grew at a much faster pace than the national economy in the first quarter and the economic analysts at MassBenchmarks see that trend […]
Posted inPolitics
Email aimed at easing Campbell out of Boston mayor’s race
A PROMINENT BLACK real estate developer is seizing on a report that Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins is the leading candidate for US attorney for Massachusetts to try to nudge […]
Posted inOpinion
In dealing with climate change, don’t forget solar, storage
LAST MONTH, Gov. Charlie Baker signed landmark climate change legislation. Press coverage that focused on the sparring between the governor and the Legislature over the details obscured the bigger story, […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
After ruling, Rollins pledges review of Gaines case
SUFFOLK COUNTY District Attorney Rachael Rollins, who fought against the release of convicted murderer Raymond Gaines, now says her office is reviewing his case after a judge ordered Gaines’s release amid new evidence that casts […]
Posted inThe Download
Universal childcare in Mass. comes with $5b price tag
WHEN EARLY EDUCATION advocates unveiled an ambitious proposal in February to overhaul the state’s childcare system and provide publicly subsidized universal pre-K, they were missing one major piece of the […]
Posted inEducation
Universal childcare in Mass. comes with a $5b price tag
WHEN EARLY EDUCATION advocates unveiled an ambitious proposal in February to overhaul the state’s childcare system and provide publicly subsidized universal pre-K, they were missing one major piece of the […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
House OKs budget with 7 mega-amendments
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE LAWMAKERS unanimously passed a $47.716 billion budget in the early morning hours Thursday after adding tens of millions of dollars in spending over three days, […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Convicted murderer Raymond Gaines freed after 46 years amid new evidence
NEARLY 46 YEARS after Raymond Gaines was sent to prison for murder, a Suffolk Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered his release after new evidence raised questions about his guilt, […]
Posted inOpinion
Are Spilka and Tarr PACs at risk?
ON APRIL 12, Bill Campbell took over as the new director of the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, and immediately faced one of the most controversial political hot potatoes […]
Posted inUncategorized
Franklin County shuts ICE detention center
THE FRANKLIN COUNTY Sheriff’s office shut down its detention center for immigrants, saying the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was not steering enough detainees its way. The 80-bed facility […]
Posted inThe Download
In Galvin-DiMasi showdown, who’s the good guy?
BEACON HILL IS a funny place, and so it is that a backslapping former House speaker convicted of corruption charges is being cast as the good guy in a battle […]
Posted inThe Download
Danielle Allen: a scholar of democracy with an urge to help fix it
DANIELLE ALLEN, a scholar of Athenian democracy with two PhDs, has decided she has something to offer to the practice of 21st century democracy in Massachusetts. In December, the Harvard […]
Posted inUncategorized
In Galvin-DiMasi showdown, who’s the good guy?
BEACON HILL IS a funny place, and so it is that a backslapping former House speaker convicted of corruption charges is being cast as the good guy in a battle […]
Posted inOpinion
Groups pushing ‘upgrade’ in farm animal law
CAN ANYONE REMEMBER a time when the proponents and opponents of a successful ballot measure later came together to work to upgrade that measure after it became law? That’s what’s […]
Posted inOpinion
Infrastructure plays key role in COVID fight
AMONG THE NEARLY 3 million people worldwide who have died from COVID-19 are thousands of frontline healthcare workers – doctors, nurses, and others – many of whom contracted the virus […]
Posted inUncategorized
Baker laissez-faire on vaccine requirements
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said his administration will leave it up to businesses and organizations to decide whether they want to adopt vaccination requirements for employees or patrons, and added that […]
Posted inEducation
Advocates unhappy with education funding calculations
THE BUDGET BEING voted on by the House would provide more funding for K-12 education than Gov. Charlie Baker proposed – but education advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. “The current House proposal […]
Posted inEconomy
Massachusetts will fully reopen on August 1
MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIFT its outdoor mask mandate this Friday and will plan to be fully reopened by August 1, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday. And with summer coming, residents can finally […]