THE MBTA is preparing to cut service levels to deal with a budget shortfall looming over next year, but the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation warned members of the Fiscal and Management […]
T capital funding sources projected to fall off cliff
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
DeLeo backs budget debate on abortion access
HOUSE SPEAKER Robert DeLeo said late last week that he would frown on lawmakers using the budget as a vehicle for major policy reforms, but he backed off that stance […]
Posted inEconomy
Hotel workers hoping for pandemic job protectionsÂ
MARYANN SILVA HAS worked for 19 years as a full-time banquet server at the Ritz-Carlton hotel on Boston Common. The 63-year-old Lynn resident sets up and serves food to guests for weddings, […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Mass. Democratic Party chair showdown
With the 2020 election in the rearview mirror, the Massachusetts Democratic Party is gearing up for its next fight: to retake the governorship in two years. Speaking on the Codcast, […]
Posted inTransportation
T proposes $128m in service cuts across system
THE MBTA on Monday proposed a series of major service cuts starting next spring and summer to right-size an agency that has lost roughly three-quarters of its ridership during the […]
Posted inTransportation
Poftak: ‘Together we will persevere’
The following is a letter from MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak to the transit authority’s customers. I hope this letter finds you healthy and safe. I would like to take […]
Posted inThe Download
Mass. Democratic Party chair candidates look toward 2022
With the 2020 election in the rearview mirror, the Massachusetts Democratic Party is gearing up for its next fight: to retake the governorship in two years. Speaking on the Codcast, […]
Posted inPolitics
Mass. Democratic Party chair candidates look toward 2022
WITH THE 2020 election in the rearview mirror, the Massachusetts Democratic Party is gearing up for its next fight: to retake the governorship in two years. Speaking on the Codcast, […]
Posted inPolitics
Supporting player or power broker?
AN EXPLOSIVE REPORT into how the Massachusetts Democratic Party leadership handled sexual misconduct allegations involving former congressional candidate Alex Morse and his relationship with college students is bringing fresh controversy to an […]
Posted inPolitics
Election result draws tear-filled cheers — and jeers
SHEER ELATION consumed the Boston Common on Saturday afternoon as more than 1,000 people danced and cheered Joe Biden’s election as president. Kamala Harris, who made history as the first woman, black, or person of South Asian descent to be elected vice president, […]
Posted inOpinion
Let undocumented immigrants obtain driver’s licenses
SIXTEEN OTHER STATES and the District of Columbia now provide undocumented residents with the ability to legally obtain driver’s licenses. Allowing immigrants to apply for proper identification and purchase insurance […]
Posted inPolitics
Biden trumps Trump
AFTER FOUR TUMULTUOUS years under Donald Trump that upended countless norms of the US presidency and four days of vote-counting that kept the country — and world — on edge, […]
Posted inEducation
Baker presses for in-person learning
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION on Friday ramped up pressure on the roughly 23 percent of school districts teaching remotely to return to in-person classes by releasing new metrics that downgraded the […]
Posted inUncategorized
Red municipalities plummet with changed metrics
WITH THE NUMBER of Massachusetts communities considered high-risk for COVID-19 growing at an alarming rate, the Baker administration on Friday changed the metrics it uses to set risk levels and […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker says Trump’s conspiracy claims not supported by facts
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER criticized President Trump on Friday for suggesting there is some kind of national conspiracy going on related to the counting of votes across the country. Trump has […]
Posted inThe Download
The case for Donald Trump
A Boston Globe news analysis of the presidential election posed the question that’s on the mind of many blue-state activists right now: Are we really that disconnected from the rest […]
Posted inPolitics
The case for Donald Trump
A Boston Globe news analysis of the presidential election posed the question that’s on the mind of many blue-state activists right now: Are we really that disconnected from the rest […]
Posted inPolitics
Report faults Democratic Party staff for handling of Morse allegations
A REPORT ON the state Democratic Party’s response to allegations of sexual misconduct against former congressional candidate Alex Morse faulted top officials for their handling of the situation and for […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA upping enforcement of face mask requirement
THE MBTA is upping enforcement of its face-mask requirement, requiring employees to confront passengers who are not wearing coverings that cover the nose and mouth. The T previously required passengers […]
Posted inUncategorized
COVID-19 cases jump as new rules take effect
THE NUMBER of new COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts rose by 1,761 on Thursday, an increase of 132 over Wednesday’s number and the highest one-day jump since last spring. The higher […]
Posted inPolitics
One place Trump gained in Mass.: heavily Latino citiesÂ
DEEP BLUE MASSACHUSETTS, where Joe Biden ran up his biggest margin of any state, was an afterthought in the presidential race, which was largely fought in a dozen or so […]
Posted inUncategorized
House budget: No new taxes, more eviction protections
MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE budget writers on Thursday released a $46 billion spending proposal for the rest of the fiscal year, which includes no sweeping changes to tax or fiscal policy and […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Judge rejects pretrial restrictions on Walsh
THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT and medical director of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home pleaded not guilty Thursday and were released on their own personal recognizance without a series of restrictions sought by […]
Posted inThe Download
Enrollment declines crop up in public schools
Two months into the new school year, some communities are beginning to report enrollment declines, presumably an offshoot of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Worcester school district lost 1,046 students, about […]