GOV. CHARLIE BAKER rebuked President Trump on Thursday for refusing to say whether he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power in the wake of the November 3 election. […]
Baker rebukes Trump power transfer remarks
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Baker denies ‘bullying’ school districts
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Thursday continued to push schools to bring students back in person while denying allegations by the state’s largest teachers union that his administration is “bullying” local […]
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Campbell run in sync with racial reckoning
IT IS PERHAPS fitting that Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell announced her candidacy for mayor the morning after protests erupted across US cities, including Boston, over the news that none of […]
Posted inRace/Racism
Campbell run in sync with racial reckoning
IT IS PERHAPS fitting that Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell announced her candidacy for mayor the morning after protests erupted across US cities, including Boston, over the news that none […]
Posted inPolitics
City Councilor Andrea Campbell announces run for mayor of Boston
BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR Andrea Campbell, who ousted a 32-year incumbent to win her seat five years ago, is now setting her sights on the city’s top job, declaring she’ll run […]
Posted inOpinion
Health insurance rate hike should be reviewed
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL is deeply concerned about the 8 percent increase in health insurance premiums approved for the coming year, and believes such a rate hike needs to be […]
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Nantucket has highest COVID-19 rate in state
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER eased some restrictions on dining out Wednesday as COVID-19 cases on a per capita basis statewide continued to rise and the number of communities at high or […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Report finds school policing disproportionately impacts black, brown youth
CASSANDRA BENSAHIH can’t forget the day seven years ago that her 11-year-old daughter was brought home from school in a police car. A black middle school student in Worcester, she forgot to bring a homework assignment to class that day […]
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Turco, public safety secretary, to retire
STATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER TWO YEARS at the top of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and more than 30 years working in law enforcement and the justice […]
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Fitchburg pinning revival hopes on arts and culture
FITCHBURG MAYOR Stephen DiNatale’s office bears all the markings of the workspace of a small-city Massachusetts leader working hard to pull up his community, a place that has struggled for […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker weighs in on budget, eviction moratorium, Collins
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Wednesday said fiscal 2022, which begins in July next year, represents the biggest challenge facing state budget officials as they deal with the fallout from the […]
Posted inThe Download
A term limit solution to SCOTUS circus?
THE IDEA THAT the future tilt of the Supreme Court rested with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s oncologists is about all you need to know to understand something is wrong with how […]
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A term limit solution to SCOTUS circus?
THE IDEA THAT the future tilt of the Supreme Court rested with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s oncologists is about all you need to know to understand something is wrong with how […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
History suggests SJC rulings will improve policing
IF HISTORY IS a guide, three unanimous Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rulings on race and police practices issued last week will make policing more effective and more just. In one, […]
Posted inOpinion
A new vision for equitable learning
THE PHYSICAL CLOSURE of schools due to COVID-19 is taking a toll on our most precious resource; our children. The impact has been even more significant among black, Latinx, and […]
Posted inOpinion
Four issues to watch on health insurance
AT LAST WEEK’S Health Policy Commission meeting, Kevin Beagan, the deputy commissioner of the Division of Insurance, shared some interesting data highlighting the state of our private health insurance markets […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Bill would bar state, county law officers at polls
RESPONDING TO RECENT comments by President Trump, Reps. Antonio Cabral of New Bedford and William Straus of Mattapoisett have filed legislation that would bar state and county law enforcement officials […]
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Baker’s firing of Walsh voided for now
Former Holyoke Soldiers Home superintendent Bennett Walsh insisted Gov. Charlie Baker didn’t have the power to fire him, and it turns out he was right. Hampden County Superior Court Judge […]
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Baker’s firing of Walsh voided for now
FORMER HOLYOKE Soldiers Home superintendent Bennett Walsh insisted Gov. Charlie Baker didn’t have the power to fire him, and it turns out he was right. Hampden County Superior Court Judge […]
Posted inPolitics
Mail-in voting was huge success; let’s keep it
ON SEPTEMBER 1, Massachusetts voters broke a record. Whether by mail, by dropbox, or in person, 1.7 million voters cast a ballot for our state primaries, exceeding the previous record from 1990. To put this […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Bus driver hit, killed at Charlestown garage
AN MBTA DRIVER walking to his vehicle early Monday morning at the Charlestown garage was struck by a bus and killed, according to T and union officials. Bernadin Etienne, an […]
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Groups urge ROE Act passage to honor Ginsburg
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP widely expected to nominate a pro-life judge to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a strong abortion rights voice on the court who died Friday at the age of 87, […]
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Riley presses districts that are starting year with remote learning
MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION COMMISSIONER Jeff Riley is escalating his push to convince school districts to bring students back in person, asking 16 districts for more information about their plans – and threatening them with a potential audit […]
Posted inTransportation
T targets white, wealthier riders with service cuts
THE MBTA moved cautiously on Monday toward embracing a framework for making budget-balancing service cuts that will fall disproportionately on white, wealthier riders who have more transportation options. Facing a […]