THE “DEFUND THE POLICE” slogan, born out of anguish and anger over police killing of unarmed black men, has existed uneasily alongside another painful reality: the predominantly black neighborhoods that […]
Defund the police, or defang the gangs?
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Defund the police, or defang the gangs?
The “defund the police” slogan, born out of anguish and anger over police killing of unarmed black men, has existed uneasily alongside another painful reality: the predominantly black neighborhoods that […]
Posted inEducation
State proposes sweeping change to vocational school admissions
FOUR YEARS AFTER elected officials and advocates began calling for changes to state regulations governing admission to vocational-technical high schools, Education Commissioner Jeff Riley is proposing a sweeping update to […]
Posted inOpinion
Spilka backs ‘moonshot’ to address caregiving crisis
What follows is an excerpt of Senate President Karen Spilka’s speech on Tuesday to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. I have been particularly struck by the statistics on the […]
Posted inEnvironment
Angry Somerset residents elect ally to select board
SOMERSET VOTERS, angry about noisy and dirty businesses operating out of an industrial site that was supposed to be a staging ground for the state’s offshore wind industry, elected an […]
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What you need to know about COVID-19 variants
MASSACHUSETTS HAS some of the highest numbers of COVID-19 variants of any state in the country. Some of the variants that exist today are more contagious and may cause more […]
Posted inThe Download
Brownie bites and espresso chocolate, with a kick
If you see a red raspberry hard lozenge in distinctive red and yellow packaging, it was likely sold at a NETA marijuana store and is infused with 50 mg of […]
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Brownie bites and espresso chocolate, with a kick
IF YOU SEE a red raspberry hard lozenge in distinctive red and yellow packaging, it was likely sold at a NETA marijuana store and is infused with 50 mg of […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
Blood clots in 6 people prompt pause of Johnson & Johnson vaccinations
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FEDERAL OFFICIALS expect their recommended pause on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines will likely last “a matter of days,” the head of the US Food and […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Scrambling for electric trains
THE MBTA’S Fiscal and Management Control Board pressed agency officials on Monday to accelerate the rollout of commuter rail trains that run on electricity instead of diesel fuel, but it […]
Posted inTransportation
T board gives boost to means-tested fares
SEVERAL MEMBERS of the MBTA’s oversight board called for a major overhaul of the transit system’s fare structure, including a much more serious look at the implementation of charging customers […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Janey says internal records on officer to be released
ACTING BOSTON Mayor Kim Janey said late Monday afternoon that she has ordered the city’s law department to review “as quickly as possible” internal affairs records related to former police officer Patrick Rose […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
City councilors call on Janey to release records on former police officer
THREE BOSTON CITY COUNCILORS on Monday called on the city’s new acting mayor and the Boston Police Department to release records of internal investigations related to former police officer Patrick […]
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Half of Mass. adults have received first vaccine dose
MASSACHUSETTS HAS BECOME the first state of its size to give a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to at least half its adult population. According to CDC statistics, Massachusetts […]
Posted inThe Codcast
New Bedford mayor calls offshore wind ‘generational opportunity’
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is of two minds about Vineyard Wind, which after lengthy regulatory delays seems poised to finally get underway. CommonWealth Magazine · New Bedford mayor calls […]
Posted inEducation
My students will soon all return, and I’m thrilled
ON THURSDAY, I will have a full class in my classroom for the first time in 13 months. Though I know the risk of COVID spreading in our schools is […]
Posted inThe Download
New Bedford mayor calls offshore wind ‘generational opportunity’
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is of two minds about Vineyard Wind, which after lengthy regulatory delays seems poised to finally get underway. The mayor is excited about the potential […]
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New Bedford mayor calls offshore wind ‘generational opportunity’
NEW BEDFORD MAYOR Jon Mitchell is of two minds about Vineyard Wind, which after lengthy regulatory delays seems poised to finally get underway. The mayor is excited about the potential […]
Posted inOpinion
MBTA needs to get on decarbonization train
MASSACHUSETTS IS ADVANCING its efforts to decarbonize by 2050, and the general consensus around the need to address climate change and the negative public health impacts of carbon emissions is […]
Posted inEducation
Parents give mixed grades to Massachusetts schools in new poll
WHAT GRADE WOULD you give your child’s school for its performance during the pandemic? For nearly one-third of parents with children in Massachusetts public schools, that grade would be a C. […]
Posted inOpinion
Building a city center serving six cities
QUICK QUIZ: What is the biggest growth district in Massachusetts outside of the city of Boston right now? Did you guess Kendall Square? Cambridge Crossing? Somerville’s Union Square? Watertown’s Arsenal […]
Posted inOpinion
Holyoke Soldiers’ Home labor agreement praised
IT’S BEEN JUST over a year since news broke of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home that killed 77 veterans and infected 84 more. In reviewing what went […]
Posted inOpinion
Out-of-state egg producers acting like Chicken Little
IF ONE WERE to believe the out-of-state egg industry, the sky is falling and the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts may soon run out of eggs. All because a new law […]
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Berkshire County couple charged in foster child death
THE BERKSHIRE DISTRICT Attorney’s office has filed charges against two foster parents in Adams for failing to get medical attention for their 10-month-old foster child, who died of complications from […]