A DECADE THAT started with the worst recession in 75 years ended with a booming economy and record low unemployment rate. The “too big to fail” era also ushered in […]
Young workers key to a resurgent labor movement
Posted inEducation
Warren seeks info on DeVos role in foreign-student sting
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN and two fellow Democratic lawmakers are asking Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to explain the department’s involvement in the creation of a fake university and outline how it plans to cooperate with US Immigration and […]
Posted inHealth Care
Ablow continues counseling despite license suspension
KEITH ABLOW, whose Massachusetts license to practice psychiatry was suspended last year by a state medical board that regarded him as “an immediate and serious threat to the public,” is […]
Posted inEducation
Will voters judge Walsh on schools?
IT WAS ALMOST 25 years ago, in 1996, that Mayor Tom Menino issued his famous challenge to voters to “judge me harshly” if he didn’t deliver significant improvements to the […]
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Will voters judge Walsh on schools?
It was almost 25 years ago, in 1996, that Mayor Tom Menino issued his famous challenge to voters to “judge me harshly” if he didn’t deliver significant improvements to the […]
Posted inTransportation
Senate leaders ‘getting close’ on transportation bill
SENATE LEADERS INDICATED on Wednesday that they are getting close to unveiling a transportation policy bill, and there were indications they are starting to look at various revenue measures. The […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Tunneling under the Charles River
As state transportation officials prepare to replace the elevated section of the Massachusetts Turnpike that runs between Boston University and the Charles River, they are facing an age-old problem – […]
Posted inOpinion
The Mass.-New Hampshire presidential connection
VOTERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE will soon cast their ballots in the presidential primary, ballots that for decades have borne the names of candidates from the neighboring state of Massachusetts. This […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
MTF projects $900m funding gap in FY21
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH A SLOWDOWN in tax revenues expected and spending pressures escalating, Gov. Charlie Baker and the Legislature will grapple with a gap between likely revenues and […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mayflower Wind, without contract, moving ahead
Mayflower Wind still doesn’t have a final contract for its offshore wind farm off the coast of Nantucket, but it appears to be moving ahead with the project anyway in […]
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Mayflower Wind, without contract, moving ahead
Mayflower Wind still doesn’t have a final contract for its offshore wind farm off the coast of Nantucket, but it appears to be moving ahead with the project anyway in […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Rent control draws crowd to State House
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A LYNN WOMAN told lawmakers she may have to move her family after a 35 percent rent increase. A Mattapan great-grandmother said she will go to […]
Posted inHealth Care
Health Policy Commission identifies 3 troubling cost trends
THE STATE’S HEALTH POLICY COMMISSION identified three industry trends on Tuesday that are driving up commercial health care costs in surprising ways, and two of the trends have a direct […]
Posted inEducation
How Mass. abandoned its recipe for educational success
EINSTEIN DEFINED INSANITY as “doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” Education policy makers in Massachusetts have taken the concept to a new level by doubling down on policies […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Corrections union pulls criminal justice law into Souza brawl debate
The union representing prison corrections officers is pointing to the state’s massive criminal justice reform bill, enacted in 2018, as the cause of violence at the state’s maximum security prison, […]
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Corrections union pulls criminal justice law into Souza brawl debate
The union representing prison corrections officers is pointing to the state’s massive criminal justice reform bill, enacted in 2018, as the cause of violence at the state’s maximum security prison, […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Control board calls for fewer meetings
THE MBTA’s FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL BOARD on Monday tweaked its recommendation for the makeup of a new T oversight board once the existing panel goes out of existence at […]
Posted inUncategorized
Boston immigration court approved 58% of asylum requests
BOSTON’S IMMIGRATION COURT is one of only seven nationwide that approved more than 50 percent of asylum requests over a six-year period. The Boston court approved 58 percent of asylum requests, and […]
Posted inTransportation
T $25m behind on contract pledge to union
TOP MBTA OFFICIALS acknowledged on Monday that they have failed to comply with a key provision in a union contract requiring the transit authority to spend $25 million a year […]
Posted inEducation
5 ideas for generating better school district improvement plans
GATEWAY CITY EDUCATORS returned to school following the winter break pinching themselves. Just before the holidays, Gov. Baker signed the Student Opportunity Act (SOA), a landmark bill that promises to […]
Posted inOpinion
What new regs on college closures do
MASSACHUSETTS IS THE FIRST STATE in the nation to protect students and their families from the seismic disruption that occurs when a college or university suddenly closes. The bill and […]
Posted inTransportation
Two experts debate tunneling under Charles River
As state transportation officials prepare to replace the elevated section of the Massachusetts Turnpike that runs between Boston University and the Charles River, they are facing an age-old problem – […]
Posted inThe Download
Two experts debate tunneling under Charles River
As state transportation officials prepare to replace the elevated section of the Massachusetts Turnpike that runs between Boston University and the Charles River, they are facing an age-old problem – […]
Posted inPolitics
Haverhill may scrap all at-large city council
IN LOWELL, it took a federal lawsuit to bring a recent change to the structure of city government, which advocates said locked minority groups out of representation in city hall. […]