AN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUP says seven people have improperly been denied driver’s license renewals as a result of their immigration status. Centro Presente says seven individuals with Temporary Protected Status were denied renewals by the Revere office […]
7 immigrants improperly denied drivers license renewals
Posted inTransportation
Groups slam temporary Charles River bridge
This story was updated at 2 p.m. TO MAKE ROOM for a massive reconstruction of the Massachusetts Turnpike near Boston University, the Charles River Watershed Association said it would opt […]
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Impeachment headed for crucible of Senate
Now what? By a margin of just over 30 votes, the US House impeached President Trump last night. For those hoping to hold the Republican president accountable for alleged abuse […]
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Impeachment headed for crucible of Senate
NOW WHAT? By a margin of just over 30 votes, the US House impeached President Trump last night. For those hoping to hold the Republican president accountable for alleged abuse […]
Posted inEducation
Harvard picks Tishman Speyer for Allston phase 1
HARVARD UNIVERSITY selected Tishman Speyer and celebrated architect Jeanne Gang to develop and design the initial 14 acres of an enterprise research campus along Western Avenue across from the business […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Offshore wind tax credit doesn’t make cut
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CLIMATE ADVOCATES and industry groups were critical of the US House this week after a long-term extension of a tax credit designed to assist offshore wind […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Say hello to Nubian Square
THERE’S NO BRONZE traitor astride a horse. No statue whatsoever. In fact, it can be a little tricky to suss out who exactly Dudley Square is named after. But this […]
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Healey seeks DPU crackdown on electricity sellers
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY is asking the state Department of Public Utilities to investigate whether competitive electricity suppliers are charging low-income customers unreasonably high rates and whether those higher charges […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Impeachment fundamentally about preserving voting rights
A UNITED STATES attorney general once said: “From a civil liberties standpoint, the greatest danger to our free system is that the incumbent government use the apparatus of the state… […]
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Is the value of two-parent households overrated?
In 1965, the US Labor Department released a report on the state of the black family in America. The document, widely known as the Moynihan Report, for its main author, […]
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Is the value of two-parent households overrated?
IN 1965, the US Labor Department released a report on the state of the black family in America. The document, widely known as the Moynihan Report, for its main author, […]
Posted inOpinion
Don’t take away religious exemption for vaccines
I AM AN IVY LEAGUE-TRAINED physician who currently treats families of children and adults with developmental disabilities. I come in frequent contact with parents who use the religious exemption for […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker’s walk on the wild side
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S all-in embrace of the transportation climate initiative is another step away from his shrinking Republican base and a tacit admission that the state needs more transit funding. […]
Posted inTransportation
TCI could up gas prices 5 to 17 cents a gallon in 2022
OFFICIALS DEVELOPING A new regional approach to reducing tailpipe emissions on the East Coast are considering policies that would add between 5 cents and 17 cents to the cost of […]
Posted inEnvironment
Climate change demands raising infrastructure standards
PERCHED ON THE North Atlantic, with a shoreline prone to flooding and a history of damaging Nor’easters, and surrounded by the fastest warming ocean waters in the world, Massachusetts of […]
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DOC backtracking on MCI-Framingham
The Department of Correction appears to be backtracking on the troubled women’s prison at MCI-Framingham. In October, when Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins said MCI-Framingham was closing and then later […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
DOC backtracking on MCI-Framingham
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION appears to be backtracking on the troubled women’s prison at MCI-Framingham. In October, when Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins said MCI-Framingham was closing and then later amended […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Machinists hit deplorable conditions
THE HEAD of the MBTA’s machinists local said on Monday that the union is living up to the promises it made as part of a labor contract signed in 2018 […]
Posted inTransportation
Surging sales tax helping T balance budget
THE MBTA IS FACING intense pressure to increase operations spending on safety and other initiatives, but some of the higher expenditures are being offset by an unexpected surge in sales […]
Posted inTransportation
Pollack, control board at odds on income-based fares
REJECTING CONCERNS raised by state Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, members of the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board on Monday insisted on moving faster to embrace lower fares for low-income […]
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ICE asks judge to let agency back into courthouses
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that would bar agents from making arrests in local Massachusetts courthouses. In April, Suffolk and Middlesex district attorneys Rachael Rollins and Marian Ryan […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Saving Hampshire College
Can Hampshire College rise, if not from the dead, from the higher ed death watch list? Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen has predicted that as many as half of […]
Posted inEconomy
Casinos continue sluggish performance
NOVEMBER FIGURES SHOW continued weakness in the Massachusetts casino industry, where fears of market saturation in the Northeast appear warranted and revenue projections for the state’s dive into the casino […]
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Saving Hampshire College
Can Hampshire College rise, if not from the dead, from the higher ed death watch list? Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen has predicted that as many as half of […]