STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SENATE PASSED expanded vote-by-mail legislation Tuesday that would allow voters to avoid the polls, but still participate, during the upcoming primaries and general election if […]
Senate OKs bill expanding voting options
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A road map for eliminating racism
WE MUST seize this moment. For over 400 years, the racism pandemic has infiltrated and spread its ugly wings throughout our country. From slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation to modern […]
Posted inPolitics
Brazilian-American makes history on Beacon Hill
DANILLO “DAN” SENA is living what he considers to be the American Dream as the first Brazilian-American elected to the state Legislature. Sena swept to a landslide victory on June […]
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Corporations need to pay their fair share
ALTHOUGH MASSACHUSETTS has entered the first phase of the Gov. Charlie Baker’s controversial reopening plan, the health and economic toll of COVID-19 is far from over. When it comes to […]
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Boston organization stirs ire of solar advocates
A SHADOWYÂ Boston-based organization is sending renewable energy advocates across the country into a tizzy by challenging the logic behind one of the key subsidies that has been used to spur […]
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Boston organization stirs ire of solar advocates
A shadowy Boston-based organization is sending renewable energy advocates across the country into a tizzy by challenging the logic behind one of the key subsidies that has been used to spur […]
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T notes: Riders returning slowly to buses, subways
RIDERS ARE SLOWLY RETURNING to the MBTA’s buses and subways, and the transit authority is preparing to add more service starting next weekend to allow social distancing at the higher […]
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MBTA approves 4-year Keolis extension
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Stephanie Pollack vowed in early 2017 that the MBTA’s $2.6 billion contract with Keolis Commuter Services would not be renewed when it expires in 2022, but on Monday […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Childcare provider: ‘I’m scared for my business’
AS SHE LOOKS TOWARD REOPENING, Tammy Inman, the owner and director of Little Kids childcare center in North Falmouth is scared. “I’m really scared for my business, I’m scared for my […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker urges protesters to get COVID-19 tests
MASSACHUSETTS WILL SET up 52 free pop-up COVID-19 testing sites this week, and Gov. Charlie Baker is urging anyone who participated in protests over the last two weeks to get […]
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Patrick to host town hall on the pandemic and police
On Tuesday, June 16, at 5:00 p.m., CommonWealth will host a virtual town hall with former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. About The Pandemic and the Police: A Conversation About a […]
Posted inEconomy
Childcare provider: ‘I’m scared for my business’
AS SHE LOOKS TOWARD REOPENING, Tammy Inman, the owner and director of Little Kids childcare center in North Falmouth is scared. “I’m really scared for my business, I’m scared for my […]
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Childcare provider: ‘I’m scared for my business’
As she looks toward reopening, Tammy Inman, the owner and director of Little Kids childcare center in North Falmouth is scared. “I’m really scared for my business, I’m scared for […]
Posted inTransportation
Taxpayers Foundation: T facing existential crisis
BATTERED BY A CORONAVIRUS pandemic that has slashed fare revenue and soured Beacon Hill on providing additional funding for new initiatives, the MBTA is facing a financial crisis worse than […]
Posted inEconomy
Many businesses closed by COVID are not coming back
THE GREEN BEAN in Northampton was the type of breakfast and lunch place where people would visit daily, hold work meetings, meet their future spouse, or break up with a […]
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It’s time to raise the age
IT’S TIME TO BREAK the logjam on Beacon Hill and raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction above 18. Racial and ethnic disparities exist in both the juvenile and criminal […]
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New transmission infrastructure needed for offshore wind
EARLIER THIS MONTH, Attorney General Maura Healey posed a fundamental question to the Department of Public Utilities. Now that Massachusetts has proclaimed a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, […]
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Police, protesters finding common ground
THE MURDER of George Floyd was reprehensible and senselessly tragic. It was also, as an open letter from the US Major Cities Chiefs Association, signed by dozens of police chiefs […]
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Let’s move on to flattening commute into Boston
THE COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts and the city of Boston have come together in impressive fashion to address the COVID-19 crisis and flatten the curve. As a lifelong resident of the […]
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Challenge to Baker emergency powers likely to fail
A GROUP OF MASSACHUSETTS entrepreneurs, pastors, and an educator has mounted a court challenge to Gov. Charlie Baker’s authority to issue emergency orders to address the novel coronavirus in the […]
Posted inEconomy
Mass. unemployment claims unexpectedly increase
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NEW STANDARD UNEMPLOYMENT claims in Massachusetts bounced back up last week after nine straight weeks of decline, even as claims at the national level continued to […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Local police departments adopting 8 Can’t Wait
AROUND THE COUNTRY, and now in Massachusetts, police departments are adopting a set of policies that could potentially decrease violence inflicted by law enforcement. The “8 Can’t Wait” project seeks to […]
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Local police departments adopting 8 Can’t Wait
Around the country, and now in Massachusetts, police departments are adopting a set of policies that could potentially decrease violence inflicted by law enforcement. The “8 Can’t Wait” project seeks […]
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Putting land for solar off-limits could hurt farmers
AT A TIME when our country is already in the grips of a global pandemic and social unrest, a disagreement over an obscure solar policy may seem unimportant – trivial […]