WHEN THE TRUMP administration dragged its feet on the environmental permitting of Vineyard Wind, wind energy proponents in Massachusetts and across the country cried foul, claiming politics was driving the […]
Biden accused of playing politics on Vineyard Wind
Posted inHealth Care
Teachers become eligible for COVID vaccines March 11Â
AFTER WEEKS OF pressure from Massachusetts teachers — and one day after President Biden urged giving educators priority for vaccines — Gov. Charlie Baker said teachers, school staff, and early educators will be […]
Posted inPolitics
Bernie backing means little in middle-of-the-road WinthropÂ
IT TURNS OUT Bernie Sanders has little sway with voters in Winthrop and Revere when it comes to choosing their next representative. The same goes for former US housing secretary […]
Posted inEducation
Spilka to Baker: Get teachers vaccinated
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH THE STATE expecting to see its supply of COVID-19 vaccine increase over the coming weeks, Senate President Karen Spilka on Tuesday said Gov. Charlie Baker […]
Posted inOpinion
Cancel standardized tests this spring
PUBLIC EDUCATION in Massachusetts is at a crossroads. Amidst a deadly COVID-19 pandemic that has taken 15,000 Massachusetts lives, Gov. Charlie Baker and Education Commissioner Jeff Riley have called for […]
Posted inEconomy
State eyeing hybrid telework model for half of workforce
CLOSE TO HALF of the state’s executive branch employees could continue some form of telework even once the pandemic ends, Secretary of Administration and Finance Michael Heffernan said Tuesday. Speaking […]
Posted inUncategorized
Catching up with Majority Leader Claire Cronin
HOUSE MAJORITY Leader Claire Cronin, a Democrat from Easton, has become a key player in the House this session as the newly elevated majority leader – the number two job […]
Posted inThe Download
Mom charged with attempted murder for putting baby in trash can
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins filed attempted murder charges on Monday against a 33-year-old woman accused of giving birth all alone in the bathroom of a house she was […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Mom charged with attempted murder for putting baby in trash can
SUFFOLK COUNTY District Attorney Rachael Rollins filed attempted murder charges on Monday against a 33-year-old woman accused of giving birth all alone in the bathroom of a house she was […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Warren seeks 2% tax on those worth $50m
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ARGUING THAT THE wealth of billionaires has grown over the course of the pandemic, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday introduced legislation in Congress to tax […]
Posted inOpinion
Say no to ‘double-dip’ PPP tax break
STRUGGLING SMALL businesses are being used once again by anti-tax zealots to push legislators and the public alike into supporting a new and ill-advised state tax break. Advocates for this […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Pandemic leads to rethinking of childcare
The shuttering of daycares last spring made apparent to workers and employers alike the importance of childcare to a functioning economy. Now, experts hope that one silver lining of the […]
Posted inPolitics
If Baker opts not to run, state GOP split on successor
A POLL COMMISSIONED by the conservative Fiscal Alliance Foundation indicates Republican primary voters would be split if Gov. Charlie Baker decides not to seek reelection next year. The poll initially […]
Posted inPolitics
Curtatone won’t seek reelection as Somerville mayor
JOE CURTATONE, the feisty longtime mayor of Somerville, who has been an outspoken leader on progressive municipal policy — from his early declaration of racism as a public health crisis […]
Posted inHealth Care
Mass. will start getting limited Johnson & Johnson vaccine
MASSACHUSETTS WILL BEGIN getting a small supply of one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines next week, but is unlikely to get a significant shipment of the shots until the end […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Pandemic leads to rethinking of childcare
The shuttering of daycares last spring made apparent to workers and employers alike the importance of childcare to a functioning economy. Now, experts hope that one silver lining of the […]
Posted inThe Download
Pandemic leads to rethinking of childcare
The shuttering of daycares last spring made apparent to workers and employers alike the importance of childcare to a functioning economy. Now, experts hope that one silver lining of the […]
Posted inUncategorized
Pandemic leads to rethinking of childcare
THE SHUTTERING of daycares last spring made apparent to workers and employers alike the importance of childcare to a functioning economy. Now, experts hope that one silver lining of the […]
Posted inHealth Care
2017 birth control provision fell through the cracks
IN 2017, amid growing concern that Congress and the Trump administration were moving to limit free access to contraceptives, the Massachusetts Legislature passed and Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a bill guaranteeing access […]
Posted inOpinion
Biomass plant COO says science on his side
THE PALMER RENEWABLE Energy biomass plant in Springfield will generate 42 megawatts of firm, clean green power.  We have stayed silent during the on-going debate about our project in the hope that the multiyear permitting process and seven years of unsuccessful litigation […]
Posted inPolitics
‘Original old boys club’ on its way out
DESPITE ITS NATIONAL REPUTATION as a white, sports-obsessed, year-round iced Dunkin’ swilling city, it has been two decades since Boston officially became a majority minority city. Women make up 52 […]
Posted inOpinion
Support black-owned cannabis shop in Harvard Square
WE WERE THRILLED to hear about the proposal for a black-owned cannabis dispensary in Harvard Square. The location is highly suitable and the venture will be a boon for the […]
Posted inOpinion
Let’s make school meals free for all kids
LIKE MANY PARENTS in Massachusetts, Rebecca Wood was getting by on a tight budget that left her struggling with school meal debt, among other costs, well before the pandemic hit. […]
Posted inOpinion
Math learning taking a hit during COVID
AS WE NEAR the one-year mark of the unprecedented disruption to our public education system wrought by the pandemic, we are grappling with what we have lost and what we […]