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 […]
New Methuen mayor has tall task
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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 […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
SJC to hear Baker vaping ban case
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT has agreed to hear arguments related to Gov. Charlie Baker’s emergency ban on vaping products, elevating to the state’s highest court a […]
Posted inTransportation
Spilka won’t commit to take up tax bill
WHILE HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO plans to advance a transportation revenue bill within the next few weeks, Senate President Karen Spilka is taking a more cautious approach, and might not […]
Posted inTransportation
T board approves commuter rail vision
THE MBTA’S OVERSIGHT BOARD unanimously approved five resolutions on Monday designed to start transforming the state’s commuter rail network into more of a subway-like system with electrified trains arriving every […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Biz officials: New transportation funds needed
The derailment on the Red Line in June may have been a turning point. After Gov. Charlie Baker visited the crash site, he decided it was time to accelerate repairs […]
Posted inThe Codcast
MassINC Insights
This week on The Codcast, we bring you an episode of MassINC Insights, the first installment in a series of conversations with the journalists, researchers, and pollsters of MassINC, The […]
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Biz officials: New transportation funds needed
The derailment on the Red Line in June may have been a turning point. After Gov. Charlie Baker visited the crash site, he decided it was time to accelerate repairs […]