THIS WEEK, we broke ground on the most energy efficient large building in Boston’s history. Boston University’s new Center for Computing and Data Sciences is a milestone achievement for green […]
BU building big milestone in carbon neutrality
Posted inArts and Culture
Using art to highlight Eastie climate change
IT’S AN UNUSUAL SIGHT: Colored ribbons 18-feet-long stretched taut over steel bars, melting into brightly colored duct tape clinging to pavement outside the East Boston Public Library. The creators of […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Baker mystified by response to vaping ban
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH HIS TEMPORARY BAN on vaping product sales set to end next week when public health officials adopt a new set of vaping rules, Gov. Charlie […]
Posted inThe Download
McKinsey & Company expose has ripple effect
A story documenting how international strategic consulting firm McKinsey & Co. worked with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reduce food and medical costs to levels below federal requirements is […]
Posted inPolitics
McKinsey & Company expose has ripple effect
A STORY DOCUMENTING how international strategic consulting firm McKinsey & Co. worked with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reduce food and medical costs to levels below federal requirements is […]
Posted inPolitics
Dems, GOP battle over timing of Senate election
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE DECISION ABOUT when to hold a special election for an open Senate seat has suddenly become a major point of contention between the Democrat and […]
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Herb Chambers LLC pays $18m for One Dalton condo
A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY with ties to car dealership czar Herb Chambers purchased a 5,453-square-foot condominium on the 59th floor of One Dalton Place for nearly $18 million, the latest […]
Posted inThe Download
Straus targets Pollack, d’Arbeloff on RMV
On television Wednesday night, Rep. William Straus laid the blame for lapses within the Registry of Motor Vehicles at the feet of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack and Mindy d’Arbeloff, the […]
Posted inTransportation
Straus targets Pollack, d’Arbeloff on RMV
ON TELEVISION Wednesday night, Rep. William Straus laid the blame for lapses within the Registry of Motor Vehicles at the feet of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack and Mindy d’Arbeloff, the […]
Posted inOpinion
End the religious exemption to vaccines
MEASLES IS ON the rise. It is a highly contagious, serious and potentially fatal disease that is completely preventable – but only if everyone who can be vaccinated is vaccinated. […]
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Comptroller, Baker diverge on budget needs
STATE COMPTROLLER ANDREW MAYLOR on Wednesday identified only six budget accounts from the last fiscal year where shortfalls exist, interpreting a legislative request for a barebones fiscal 2019 closeout bill […]
Posted inTransportation
T control board meeting less than law requires
OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board has been holding fewer meetings than the law requires. The state law creating the control board requires it […]
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Resistance to housing a never-ending saga
HERE’S A QUESTION — and an answer — from a deep-dive look at one of the most vexing challenges facing Massachusetts. “Why can’t an average family in Massachusetts afford an […]
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Resistance to housing a never-ending saga
Here’s a question — and an answer — from a deep-dive look at one of the most vexing challenges facing Massachusetts. “Why can’t an average family in Massachusetts afford an […]
Posted inTransportation
Spotlight congestion investigation was McGrory’s idea
A clarification has been added to this story. BRIAN MCGRORY, the editor of the Boston Globe, said it was his idea for the newspaper’s Spotlight Team to launch an investigation […]
Posted inOpinion
Changing the climate change conversation
DATA FROM THE Yale Project on Climate Communication reveals the surprising fact that 70 percent of Americans understand that climate change is occurring, but 64 percent shy away from discussing […]
Posted inTransportation
To balance its budget, T to seek additional funds
IN A SIGN OF MOUNTING pressures on the MBTA’s operating budget, the Fiscal and Management Control Board is preparing to take a portion of a legislative appropriation that had been […]
Posted inThe Download
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 […]
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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 RACE 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 […]