IN AN OPINION piece published in Commonwealth on Sunday, Dr. Jeanette Callahan posed the question: “I’m a doctor and I don’t have qualified immunity; Why should police?” As a retired […]
Police chief tells doctor to stay in her lane
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Medical parole for prisoners doesn’t mean immediate release
RAYMOND VINNIE, serving a life sentence for murder but incapacitated by colon cancer and a stroke, was granted medical parole from MCI-Norfolk. But weeks passed, and Vinnie was not released. […]
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MBTA embracing renewable energy
THE MBTA is preparing to embrace renewable energy in a big way and save money in the process. The T, the largest consumer of electricity in the state, plans to […]
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Expect delays in delivery of new Red, Orange line cars
MBTA OFFICIALS said on Monday that the delivery of 404 new Red and Orange line vehicles will be delayed by at least a year, and they plan to invoke a […]
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Andrea Campbell says Boston primed for change
FOR ANDREA CAMPBELL, action is what distinguishes her platform and ideas from Mayor Marty Walsh. CommonWealth Magazine · Andrea Campbell says Boston primed for changeCampbell, a black District 4 city […]
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Campbell says Boston is primed for change
For Andrea Campbell, action is what distinguishes her platform and ideas from Mayor Marty Walsh. Campbell, a Black District 4 city councilor, announced her run for the city’s top office […]
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Campbell says Boston is primed for change
FOR ANDREA CAMPBELL, action is what distinguishes her platform and ideas from Mayor Marty Walsh. Campbell, a Black District 4 city councilor, announced her run for the city’s top office […]
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T eyeing service cuts, budget workarounds
WITH A $300 million to $600 million budget shortfall expected next year, MBTA officials on Monday began zeroing in on service cuts that would save as much as $255 million […]
Posted inEducation
Missed lessons
ON FRIDAY THE 13th of March, at the order of Gov. Charlie Baker, schools shut down across Massachusetts. No one knew for how long or how schools would respond. Within […]
Posted inOpinion
I don’t have qualified immunity; Why should police?
IN JULY, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed their version of a police reform bill that has languished in a conference committee ever since, reportedly because of a deadlock over […]
Posted inOpinion
COVID-19’s hidden toll
AS OF THIS WRITING, the death toll from COVID-19 is high and cointinuing to rise. Hundreds of thousands more have fallen ill before recovering. And curbing the spread of the […]
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Lynn’s public land should benefit the public
IF THERE IS ONE key lesson to learn from these past months under COVID shutdown, it is that all of the social inequalities in our society are linked together, […]
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What we need in climate change legislation
THE COLLISION of an escalating climate crisis with a brutal COVID-19 pandemic that continues to rage across the country, taking lives, and livelihoods with it, has been devastating. In the […]
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Grid operator calls for ‘net carbon pricing’
THE HEAD of the organization that runs the New England power grid on Friday called for “net carbon pricing” of electricity in the region as the best way to develop […]
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COVID-19 outbreak at Plymouth substance abuse center
THE STATE PRISON system is seeing a hotspot of COVID-19 among those civilly committed at the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center in Plymouth. The Department of Correction said on […]
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Trump contracts COVID-19
IT’S THE DEFINITION of irony. After months of downplaying the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump say they have tested positive […]
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Trump contracts COVID-19
IT’S THE DEFINITION of irony. After months of downplaying the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump say they have tested positive […]
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In Allston interchange debate, don’t forget Grand Junction
ON MARCH 1, 2020, one of the biggest challenges facing major Massachusetts employers was how to reliably get their employees to work as they battled the worst traffic congestion in […]
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Eviction protection bill clears Housing Committee
A BILL THAT WOULD BAN most evictions and foreclosures for up to a year after Gov. Charlie Baker ends the coronavirus state of emergency cleared a key legislative hurdle on Thursday. The […]
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Baker seeks to lift ban on surge pricing during COVID emergency
WHEN GOV. CHARLIE BAKER signed a bill in the summer of 2016 banning Uber and Lyft from charging surge prices during a state of emergency, it seemed like a sensible […]
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The bureaucrat vs. Mass. GOP star
WHEN REPUBLICAN Stephanie Fattman was elected the Worcester County register of probate in 2014, John Dolan III was one of the employees she inherited. Dolan had been working at the […]
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Court rules unauthorized tenant can be evicted
AN UNDOCUMENTED woman who was subleasing an apartment in Revere was evicted this week, illustrating one of the many gray areas in the state’s ban on evictions and foreclosures. Rosa, […]
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Where is the $1.1b in federal funds going?
The Legislature may control the purse strings – but Gov. Charlie Baker holds the purse. That Beacon Hill truism was on display clearly in a report Secretary of Administration and […]
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Where is the state’s $1.1b in federal funds going?
THE LEGISLATURE may control the purse strings – but Gov. Charlie Baker holds the purse. That Beacon Hill truism was on display clearly in a report Secretary of Administration and […]