STATE AUDITOR SUZANNE BUMP has joined the debate over the legal status of the advisory sentencing guidelines that the state’s Sentencing Commission issued two years ago. Her audit of the […]
Bump follows lead of DAs
Posted inTransportation
Fed review of I-90 project begins with a blackout
RECONFIGURING THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE in Allston and building a new transit station there will create construction disruption approaching the scale required for the Big Dig, so it was either inauspicious […]
Posted inPolitics
Senate trying public-shaming approach on drug pricing
TO DEAL WITH the rising cost of pharmaceutical drugs, the Massachusetts Senate is considering two approaches, one that involves public shaming of drug manufacturers and another that tells insurers to […]
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Senate trying public-shaming approach on drug pricing
To deal with the rising cost of pharmaceutical drugs, the Massachusetts Senate is considering two approaches, one that involves public shaming of drug manufacturers and another that tells insurers to […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Bump weighs in on sentencing guideline dispute
STATE AUDITOR SUZANNE BUMP released an audit on Thursday that concluded draft sentencing guidelines are being used by judges across the state even though the guidelines have never been enacted […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
Time to rise up for healing
WE HAVE FAITH but have lost our patience. As faith leaders with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, we call on state leadership to rise up for healing by lowering the […]
Posted inPolitics
New Methuen mayor has tall task
IT WAS the most explosive Massachusetts mayoral election north of the Taunton River. In Methuen, political newcomer Neil Perry trounced City Council Chairwoman Jennifer Kannan to take over a city […]
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New Methuen mayor has tall task
It was the most explosive Massachusetts mayoral election north of the Taunton River. In Methuen, political newcomer Neil Perry trounced City Council Chairwoman Jennifer Kannan to take over a city […]
Posted inTransportation
Biz group outlines roadway pricing proposal
THE BUSINESS GROUP A Better City estimates Massachusetts will need to raise a minimum of $50 billion over the next 20 years to meet transportation needs, and is proposing a […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
State Police chief retiring
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE After exactly two years leading the 2,100-member Massachusetts State Police force during a time of scandal and turmoil, Col. Kerry Gilpin will retire as superintendent at […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn CEO: Encore spending levels will decline
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Wynn Resorts signaled on Wednesday that the company needs to rein in costs at the Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, with the casino and hotel reporting […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Who’s in charge of Mass. offshore wind procurements?
THE MOST RECENT offshore wind procurement exposed a major flaw in the selection process, as the state’s three utilities – and not elected officials and their staffers – were charged […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
30 years after Stuart case, Boston still healing
Thirty years ago, in October 1989, a murder case shook Boston to the core. Charles Stuart and his pregnant wife, Carol DiMaiti Stuart, were shot in the Mission Hill neighborhood […]
Posted inPolitics
Boston voters turn left
IT’S AS IF someone swapped out the “Vote Here” placards marking city polling places and replaced them with street signs common to the confusing tangle of Boston byways: “Left turn […]
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Boston voters turn left
It’s as if someone swapped out the “Vote Here” placards marking city polling places and replaced them with street signs common to the confusing tangle of Boston byways: “Left turn […]
Posted inPolitics
Super PAC with ties to Baker backs 11 winners
An earlier version of this story incorrectly provided results on a Worcester City Council race and mischaracterized a candidate in Melrose, so that information and totals have been updated. A […]
Posted inTransportation
Lime riders traverse dangerous roadways
PEOPLE RENTING BIKES through an app often travel down dangerous roadways, such as Revere Beach Parkway, according to a planning agency that is hoping to sift the travel patterns of […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Showdown over shortage of lawyers for poor heading to SJC
ALL DEFENDANTS in criminal cases are constitutionally entitled to legal representation, regardless of their ability to pay for an attorney. But what happens when the office charged with providing lawyers […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
Medical marijuana vaping ban up in air
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WHEN THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION meets Thursday, it could determine whether Gov. Charlie Baker’s temporary ban on vaping product sales should apply to medical marijuana patients […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: GLX will be big money loser
THE MBTA IS FORECASTING that the cost of running the Green Line extension in its first full year of operation will far exceed the revenue gained. According to projections provided […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
New tool needed to ensure school bus safety
EVERY MORNING and afternoon in Boston, you’ll see children, families and caretakers running to and from yellow school buses — and as the mayor and police commissioner of Boston, there […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Is Museum of Science treating its workers poorly?
THE NONPROFIT Museum of Science is operating like – well, a business. That’s the broad takeaway from a story in the Boston Globe, which reports that sales employees at the […]
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Is Museum of Science treating its workers poorly?
The nonprofit Museum of Science is operating like – well, a business. That’s the broad takeaway from a story in the Boston Globe, which reports that sales employees at the museum […]
Posted inTransportation
Text of resolutions approved by MBTA control board
The following is the text of the five resolutions unanimously adopted by the Fiscal and Management Control Board on Monday to deal with the overhaul of the MBTA’s commuter rail […]