Crowley will receive $30 million for the sale, the same amount the company paid when it originally purchased the land, according to Tyson. Another $45 million in state funding will support capital development at the site.
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Posted inImmigration
Transportation building tapped as temporary emergency shelter
More than a week after the Healey administration began placing shelter-seeking families on a waitlist, officials announced Monday that they will use part of the MBTA’s headquarters to temporarily house eligible families for whom no space is available.
Posted inHealth Care
Senate pushing again for drug pricing legislation
The Senate is preparing to take up drug pricing legislation that would also create a licensing process for pharmacy benefit managers.
Posted inTransportation
MBTA bus network redesign put off until end of 2024
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER PAUSING the campaign due to a shortage of drivers, MBTA officials are hopeful they can revive an effort to overhaul and expand the bus network […]
Posted inGuns
Gun legislation finally gets public hearing
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BAY STATERS OF ALL STRIPES finally got the chance Tuesday to tell a panel of state representatives how they feel about a proposed overhaul of the […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Healey greenlighting state tax breaks
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. MAURA HEALEY’S office on Tuesday announced the governor will sign into law a wide-ranging tax relief package lawmakers sent her last week, punctuating more than […]
Posted inTransportation
State setting sights on replacing Tobin Bridge
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ADD THE TOBIN BRIDGE to the list of aging, congested spans that state officials are eyeing for replacement. Acting Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt informed state officials […]
Posted inImmigration, State House News Service
Healey calls emergency shelter situation not sustainable
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE SPEAKER Ron Mariano is “still searching for some answers” about the scope of the fast-changing emergency shelter crisis, while Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday delivered […]
Posted inTransportation
FTA issues new near-miss warning to MBTA
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FEDERAL REGULATORS once again ordered the MBTA to make immediate changes after a series of incidents in which employees narrowly avoided being struck by trains, a […]
Posted inTransportation
Cape lawmakers push regular ‘non-tourist’ rail service
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE YOU’VE HEARD of the soon-to-launch South Coast Rail HD4555and the long-sought East-West Rail into the western reaches of the state. But how about what we’ll call […]
Posted inHealth Care
Transit offered as mitigation for maternity ward closure
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE UMASS MEMORIAL Medical Center officials intend to work with transit officials to help redirect patients to other area hospitals, especially UMass Memorial Medical Center’s campus in […]
Posted inUncategorized
Feds downshift, say right to repair law can be implemented
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE AND FEDERAL regulators appear to have made a breakthrough to move forward with a voter-approved vehicle repair data law after legal battles and safety concerns […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service, Transportation
In pivot, Healey looks to feds for money to rebuild just one Cape bridge to start
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER PREVIOUS EFFORTS to secure federal funding for replacement of both Cape Cod bridges stumbled, Gov. Maura Healey and her deputies will shift to a phased […]
Posted inHousing
Cambridge rep moves to put rent control on state ballot
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EXACTLY 30 YEARS after Massachusetts voters narrowly prohibited rent control across the state, a long-running debate about whether to reverse or uphold the ban might once […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Still no budget, but it’s coming
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TOP HOUSE AND SENATE Democrats negotiating the fiscal 2024 state budget, which is now four weeks overdue, announced Friday afternoon they had “reached an agreement in […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Lawmakers, Healey push budget deadline back another month
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. MAURA HEALEY bought top legislative Democrats up to another month to reach a long-overdue budget deal Thursday when she handed them a get-out-of-missed-deadline-free card, but […]
Posted inEconomy
Unemployment rate hits lowest monthly level since 1976
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASSACHUSETTS ECONOMY continues to hum along in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption, a trend that business leaders and analysts say could forecast more […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Healey urges public to donate to fund for farmers
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SKEPTICAL ABOUT the timeline for federal aid, the Healey administration on Thursday backed an effort to raise private donations to help farmers who sustained major damage […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Senate tax bill’s financial hit bigger than suggested
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE COMPETING House and Senate tax relief proposals might not be quite as far apart, at least in terms of total financial impact, as the public […]
Posted inHousing, State Government, State House News Service
House backs market-rate housing program
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HOUSE came around on the idea of expanding a tax credit program designed to encourage much-needed housing production, just not in the legislative vehicle that […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
AG says news laws needed to trace ‘ghost guns’
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE’S TOP prosecutor wants legislators to do more to curb the rising presence of “ghost guns,” and her office warns that it can be difficult […]
Posted inEducation
MTA gearing up to push for new ballot questions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS in 2024 could be asked to settle two major education debates, but retailers may pass on bringing tax cuts to next year’s ballot. The […]
Posted inTransportation
Healey backtracks on Green Line extension closure
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE GREEN LINE’S Union Square stop will remain open this summer after all. State officials on Wednesday announced they will postpone a Somerville bridge construction project […]
Posted inCourts, Education, State House News Service
Supreme Court strikes down use of race in admissions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE NATION’S HIGHEST COURT on Thursday declared that two major colleges violated the Constitution by considering a student’s race as a factor in admissions, a landmark […]