The cost of Milton’s contracts to pick up and dispose of trash, recycling materials, and yard waste this year went up almost $820,000, or about 32 percent. At a special […]
Is Milton the canary in the recycling line?
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Is Milton the canary in the recycling line?
The cost of Milton’s contracts to pick up and dispose of trash, recycling materials, and yard waste this year went up almost $820,000, or about 32 percent. At a special […]
Posted inBook Review
A blue wave in 2020?
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS encouraged (or alarmed) by Democratic gains in Virginia and Kentucky in November will want to read the new book by Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg to see if […]
Posted inPolitics
GOP leader balks at special election date
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SENATE DEMOCRATS hit a speed bump Monday as they tried to schedule a special election on the date of the presidential primary to fill a seat […]
Posted inPolitics
People’s Pledge becomes flashpoint in Senate primary race
IN A US SENATE PRIMARY RACEÂ where disagreements have been scarce, the issue of campaign funds has suddenly become a flashpoint for incumbent Ed Markey and challengers Joe Kennedy III and […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker tries to nudge House and Senate toward agreement
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER has seen House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s offer of a barebones closeout budget deal to break a logjam on Beacon Hill and, like any confident poker player, raised […]
Posted inEducation
The new Massachusetts ‘grand bargain’ in public education
ANY PARENT WHO has watched her child walk into school for their first day of kindergarten – or dropped her off at college some 13 years later – knows it […]
Posted inThe Codcast
What’s behind the split within the Mass. GOP
There is a struggle going on for the soul of the Massachusetts Republican Party between Trump loyalists who control the party apparatus and a more moderate brand of Republicanism espoused […]
Posted inPolitics
What’s behind the split within the Mass. GOP
THERE IS A STRUGGLE going on for the soul of the Massachusetts Republican Party between Trump loyalists who control the party apparatus and a more moderate brand of Republicanism espoused […]
Posted inThe Download
What’s behind the split within the Mass. GOP
There is a struggle going on for the soul of the Massachusetts Republican Party between Trump loyalists who control the party apparatus and a more moderate brand of Republicanism espoused […]
Posted inTransportation
Putting multiple transport options at your fingertips
IT’S OFTEN DUBBED the Netflix of transport by its advocates for bringing together multiple transport and mobility choices into a single, digital platform which users can either purchase via subscription […]
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Q&A: Business coalition backs pro-immigrant legislation
THREE YEARS into the presidency of Donald Trump, the main ways immigrants can remain in the country legally – through a protected status or with one of over 160 types […]
Posted inOpinion
Why supervised drug injection sites make sense
SINCE 2000, 17,496 citizens of Massachusetts have died from an opioid overdose. Half of those deaths came in the last five years. That’s like one of at least 245 communities […]
Posted inOpinion
Healey lawsuit against ExxonMobil is counterproductive
IN RECENT YEARS, Massachusetts has earned widespread recognition for its efforts to prioritize clean energy and move aggressively towards a greener future. To do so, the Commonwealth has set forth […]
Posted inOpinion
Democratize access to clean energy
THIS FALL, millions of young people mobilized across the world to demand action on climate change. The international day of action, seen in Massachusetts outside city and town halls from Boston, […]
Posted inOpinion
Safe Communities Act needed now
AS WE GATHER this holiday season to reaffirm our commitment to family and community, people of good will have an opportunity to raise our collective voice to urge Gov. Charlie […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Say goodbye to flavored tobacco products
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS ON WEDNESDAY became the first state in the country to prohibit retail sales of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. Gov. Charlie Baker also […]
Posted inHealth Care
The state’s largest employer is changing its name
PARTNERS HEALTHCARE, the state’s dominant health care provider and the largest employer in Massachusetts, is changing its name to Mass General Brigham. The new name shifts the focus of the […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
SJC faces tricky constitutional challenge in indigent defense case
THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT is wrestling with a case centered on how to guarantee a fundamental constitutional right of the judicial system — the right of criminal defendants, even those […]
Posted inThe Download
Lone survivor recalls scallop boat sinking
Three fishermen were killed at sea this week in a tragedy that will be long remembered by their families and others in New Bedford. A fourth man survived, and told […]
Posted inEconomy
Lone survivor recalls scallop boat sinking
THREE FISHERMEN were killed at sea this week in a tragedy that will be long remembered by their families and others in New Bedford. A fourth man survived, and told […]
Posted inEducation
With education bill-signing, cheers and challengesÂ
AFTER YEARS OF false starts and Beacon Hill standoffs on a growing funding crisis that has seen school districts shed hundreds of teachers and pare back vital curriculum offerings to […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
DiMasi: ‘I’ve paid my debt to society’
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER Salvatore DiMasi on Tuesday made a public appeal for a “second chance” after his conviction on federal corruption charges eight years ago, resuming his battle with Secretary […]
Posted inPolitics
DeLeo and Spilka on different pages
THE HOUSE AND Senate are circulating proposals for a compromise on an overdue spending bill, and the one idea that has had a public airing would leave out a $50 […]