WITH THE LEGISLATURE preparing to debate new transportation revenues, the MBTA on Monday released a five-year projection of its operating budget needs that concludes rising revenues should keep pace with […]
How T plans to balance its budget for next 5 years
Posted inCriminal Justice
Attorneys, prisoners say limits still being imposed at Souza-Baranowksi
ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING INMATES at the maximum security state prison in Shirley are disputing claims by prison officials that restrictions on attorney visits and prisoner access to legal documents following a January disturbance at […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Steve Walsh raises concerns about urgent care clinics
The president and CEO of the Massachusetts Health & Hospitals Association downplayed the recent outpatient expansion proposal of Partners HealthCare and said the real concern is the rapid growth of […]
Posted inHealth Care
Steve Walsh raises concerns about urgent care clinics
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO of the Massachusetts Health & Hospitals Association downplayed the recent outpatient expansion proposal of Partners HealthCare and said the real concern is the rapid growth of […]
Posted inThe Download
Steve Walsh raises concerns about urgent care clinics
The president and CEO of the Massachusetts Health & Hospitals Association downplayed the recent outpatient expansion proposal of Partners HealthCare and said the real concern is the rapid growth of […]
Posted inEducation
Mayor Walsh: Please support my son’s dream of a new high school
Dear Mayor Walsh, It was wonderful to meet you last month at the Boston Latin School service event, which honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I was […]
Posted inTransportation
Keep your promises, MBTA
ANTIFREEZE RAINING down from broken ceilings. Sweatshop-level conditions eclipsing 110 degrees in the summer. Weeks on end without heat, including during snow and subzero temperatures. Gaping holes in the shop […]
Posted inOpinion
Sargent’s actions 50 years ago resonate today
LEADERSHIP MANIFESTS itself in many ways. In Massachusetts, in my lifetime, one of the most powerful displays of leadership came from a Republican governor. It happened 50 years ago, and […]
Posted inOpinion
Undocumented children need support
EVERY DAY MY morning routine includes flipping the lights on and turning on my shower faucet. I often take for granted this access to electricity, running water, and a warm […]
Posted inOpinion
Why hasn’t Mass. sex ed changed in 20 years?
IF YOUR CHILD or grandchild was being taught math or science with a 1999 curriculum, would you stand for it? The answer is likely no. If we want our children to […]
Posted inEducation
Don’t mess with success of voc-tech high schools
OUR ECONOMY IS changing faster than ever before, and no part of the Commonwealth’s system of public education has done a better job of keeping up with those changes than […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Senator disappointed with missed commuter rail deadline
Sen. Brendan Crighton of Lynn says he is very disappointed that the MBTA failed to meet an initial deadline for the first phase of a commuter rail makeover last week, […]
Posted inUncategorized
Walsh shows interest in cutting broker fees
So you like that one-bedroom in Cambridge with the half-sized oven, tilted floor, and dimly lit rooms? There aren’t a lot of other options, and it’s $100 below market rent […]
Posted inThe Download
Walsh shows interest in cutting broker fees
So you like that one-bedroom in Cambridge with the half-sized oven, tilted floor, and dimly lit rooms? There aren’t a lot of other options, and it’s $100 below market rent […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mass. lawmakers, Trump administration spar over Vineyard Wind review
NINE MEMBERS of the Massachusetts congressional delegation asked the General Accountability Office to investigate whether the Trump administration’s extended environmental review of the Vineyard Wind project reflects a bias against […]
Posted inEducation
Voc-tech schools facing scrutiny over admissions policies
AFTER YEARS OF complaints from city officials and urban school superintendents that vocational-technical schools are turning away some of the students who might benefit most from their hands-on learning programs, […]
Posted inTransportation
Green Line shutdowns to last a month
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TRAVELING ON AN MBTA train will get more challenging this year, but officials promise passengers it will all be worth it in the long run. All […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn slammed by Macau shutdown
WYNN RESORTS CEO Matt Maddox said the coronavirus shutdown of all the casinos in Macau for at least two weeks is costing the gambling giant millions of dollars a day […]
Posted inTransportation
East-West rail comes with very high price tag
A LONG-AWAITED ANALYSIS of East-West rail service indicates passengers could travel between Boston and Springfield in as little as 79 minutes at speeds up to 150 miles per hour, but […]
Posted inUncategorized
Tallying up climate change tradeoffs
Trinity Episcopal Church in Stoughton is discovering that fighting climate change requires some tradeoffs. The church wants to reduce its carbon footprint, so it recently began exploring whether it would […]
Posted inThe Download
Tallying up climate change tradeoffs
Trinity Episcopal Church in Stoughton is discovering that fighting climate change requires some tradeoffs. The church wants to reduce its carbon footprint, so it recently began exploring whether it would […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
House revises marijuana law
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE MARIJUANA REGULATORS would be empowered to “review, regulate, and enforce” the legally-required contracts between marijuana businesses and their host communities under legislation adopted by the […]
Posted inEducation
Organization slams Boston use of its test for exam school admission
THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE for the test used to determine admission to Boston’s three exam schools says it will no longer make the test available to the district because it was […]
Posted inUncategorized
Immigrant driver’s license bill moves forward
A CONTROVERSIAL BILL that would create a way for undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts to get driver’s licenses made it out of committee on Wednesday, the first step on a long […]