STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS broke a weeks-long impasse over a more than $1 billion surplus spending bill on Wednesday night, cutting a deal that dropped a […]
Lawmakers finally pass close-out budget
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House challenges comptroller’s ultimatum authority
STATE LAWMAKERS BLEW past Wednesday’s deadline for passing a closeout budget bill, and then a top House lawyer challenged the comptroller’s authority to even impose such an ultimatum. It was […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker talks up his transportation-funding approach
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Wednesday outlined for the business community a proposal to address climate change and raise money for transportation in a way that he believes is far superior […]
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Riding high on 1-vote win for City Council
JULIA MEJIA WASN’T “virtue signaling” or making any other big statement as she stepped on a Red Line car Wednesday morning at Ashmont Station. As is the case for thousands […]
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Boston approves fee on real estate transactions
THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL on Wednesday approved a fee of up to 2 percent on real estate transactions greater than $2 million, a measure that is expected to raise $168 […]
Posted inEconomy
Vaping ban ends with mixed results
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH officials acknowledged that they still do not know what is causing lung injuries and illnesses among some people who vape, and reiterated that […]
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Joe “One-Term” Biden for president?
Someone has finally taken on the elephant in the room looming over the campaign of Joe Biden, who has managed to be the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and […]
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Joe “One-Term” Biden for president?
SOMEONE has finally taken on the elephant in the room looming over the campaign of Joe Biden, who has managed to be the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and […]
Posted inTransportation
Poll: Few know about transportation climate initiative
A clarification has been added to this story to more fully detail the poll description of the transportation climate initiative. A NEW POLL indicates two-thirds of voters in major northeast […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
What’s behind the legislative budget stalemate
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS have been mum about what is keeping them from agreeing on a bill to close the books on the fiscal year that ended almost […]
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Budget impasse could sweep away House, Senate funds
IF THEY FAIL to reach a compromise before Wednesday afternoon, leaders of the House and Senate will lose out on tens of millions of dollars in budgetary allowances that have […]
Posted inTransportation
Smoke, sparks at Park Street
JUST A DAY after a devastating safety report that excoriated the culture at the MBTA, passengers documented dramatic sparks and smoke on the Green Line at Park Street. No one […]
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What kind of oversight does the T need today?
Four years ago, in the wake of Snowmageddon, Gov. Charlie Baker called for the creation of a new Fiscal and Management Control Board to oversee the MBTA. Not everyone thought […]
Posted inTransportation
What kind of oversight does the T need today?
FOUR YEARS AGO, in the wake of Snowmageddon, Gov. Charlie Baker called for the creation of a new Fiscal and Management Control Board to oversee the MBTA. Not everyone thought […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Fairmount pilot likely to make cut
THE MBTA IS WINNOWING down the number of pilot projects it plans to launch next year, and a proposal for the Fairmount commuter rail line appears to have made the […]
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Walsh, Zakim submit changes to immigrant Trust Act
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH and City Councilor Josh Zakim submitted legislation on Monday to strengthen a city ordinance that bars city police from cooperating in most cases with federal immigration […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
DAs suspend participation in Mass. Sentencing Commission
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MEMBERS OF THE STATE’S district attorneys association are no longer participating in the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission, a panel the prosecutors say is not complying with state […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Atrius Health reaching back to its managed roots
There’s a back to the future feel to some of the changes taking place in US health care, and Atrius Health, which provides care to some 740,000 patients, is a […]
Posted inTransportation
T changes course on fare system upgrade
HAVING MISCALCULATED THE needs of its riders and the capabilities of its vendor, the MBTA has adopted a new approach to overhauling its fare collection system that will take longer […]
Posted inHealth Care
Atrius Health reaching back to its managed roots
THERE’S A BACK to the future feel to some of the changes taking place in US health care, and Atrius Health, which provides care to some 740,000 patients, is a […]
Posted inThe Download
Atrius Health reaching back to its managed roots
There’s a back to the future feel to some of the changes taking place in US health care, and Atrius Health, which provides care to some 740,000 patients, is a […]
Posted inTransportation
Safety culture lacking at the MBTA
A CULTURE OF SAFETY is lacking at the MBTA, according to a scathing report by three outside experts that blamed management turnover, misplaced priorities, and a workplace that inhibits frank […]
Posted inEnvironment
Cracking the climate code
AN ARCANE STATE BOARD, known to few outside the world of design and construction, is the setting of a furious clash the outcome of which could influence the amount of […]
Posted inOpinion
Sometimes it makes sense to jail addicts
NO SENSIBLE PERSON wants to “punish addiction” or needlessly imprison addicts. But this is precisely what some accuse the criminal justice system of doing when courts incarcerate addicted criminals who violate […]