AS MASSACHUSETTS Sen. Senator Elizabeth Warren joins Joe Biden atop the Democratic primary field, her rivals have sharpened their attacks on her positions, most notably around her support for Senator […]
Mass. voters offer Warren a warning on Medicare for All
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Advocates call for reforms to aid inmate voting
AS COMMUNITIES ACROSS the state prepare for municipal elections on Tuesday, one group of would-be voters might be more inclined to cast ballots if the process were simpler. Thousands of […]
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Trahan changes tune on campaign cash
CONGRESSWOMAN LORI TRAHAN wouldn’t look as bad right now if she had accurately explained the source of a last minute campaign-cash infusion soon after she was first asked about it. From […]
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Trahan changes tune on campaign cash
Congresswoman Lori Trahan wouldn’t look as bad right now if she had accurately explained the source of a last minute campaign-cash infusion soon after she was first asked about it. […]
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PAC with ties to Baker getting active
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A NEW SUPER PAC closely tied to Gov. Charlie Baker and funded by a familiar ensemble of well-heeled GOP donors has been spending heavily this fall […]
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Senate chair knocks House handling of tax break
AT A STANDSTILL over a corporate tax break, the Legislature on Thursday recessed for the remainder of the week without completing work on a bill wrapping up budgetary matters for […]
Posted inTransportation
T control board leans toward new revenue
A MAJORITY OF THE FIVE members of the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board, all appointees of Gov. Charlie Baker, support the idea that the T needs more revenue. They […]
Posted inOpinion
Zoning – the good and the bad
HOVERING BY THE FAIRY TALE playground, by the pumpkin carriage and turreted castles, behind the swings, was a wall of murky glass, an abandoned factory. There were no other factories […]
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Charles R. advocates not on board with Soldier’s Field bypass
ON MONDAY, CommonWealth reported that although “[n]o one thought putting a structure out over the Charles would sit well with the river’s many enthusiasts, [ ] Mike O’Dowd, the project manager, […]
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SJC rules Boston police hair test unreliable
THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT says a drug test is scientifically unreliable. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Wednesday that the department was wrong in refusing to hire Michael Gannon, a […]
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SJC rules Boston police hair test unreliable
THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT says a drug test is scientifically unreliable. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Wednesday that the department was wrong in refusing to hire Michael Gannon, a […]
Posted inHealth Care
Pressley, immigration services chief tangle at hearing
THE ACTING HEAD of the nation’s immigration services agency, testifying before Congress under subpoena, said he and he alone made the decision to end medical deferred action, which allowed critically ill immigrants […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mayflower’s lowest-price offshore wind option selected
MAYFLOWER WIND WAS SELECTED as the winner of the state’s second offshore wind farm procurement with a proposal that the company said offered the lowest price and the least onshore […]
Posted inEducation
A roadmap for school improvement
THE STATE LEGISLATURE is in the midst of debating a sweeping proposal to revamp the state’s school funding formula which could provide $1.5 billion in additional education aid to local […]
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DeLeo-Kaufman tale pulls back curtain on Beacon Hill ways
AGAINST THE BACKDROP of the usual State House ways, where lawmakers rise to voice opposition to an amendment offered by “the gentleman from Boston,” or part ways with the view […]
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DeLeo-Kaufman tale pulls back curtain on Beacon HIll ways
Against the backdrop of the usual State House ways, where lawmakers rise to voice opposition to an amendment offered by “the gentleman from Boston,” or part ways with the view […]
Posted inTransportation
Businesses weigh in on transpo taxes, fees
ON THE EVE of a long-anticipated legislative debate on transportation, most members of a coalition of Massachusetts businesses see a need for some form of new revenue, but there is […]
Posted inEducation
Education bill hinges on accountability tussle
THE SWEEPING EDUCATION funding bill, versions of which have cleared both branches of the Legislature, is now in the hands of a House-Senate conference committee, which will work to reconcile […]
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Former rep backs up Kaufman’s account
FORMER STATE REP Cleon Turner remembers it well. Jay Kaufman was in an aisle of the House chamber in 2013 venting about how Speaker Robert DeLeo had told him that […]
Posted inEducation
Real problem isn’t sudden college closures, but student debt
IN RESPONSE TO the sudden closure of Mount Ida College last year, legislation requiring public and private non-profit colleges to report on their long-term financial stability is now moving forward […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Shakespeare & Co. looking for partner
SHAKESPEARE & CO., a Lenox nonprofit that produces the Bard’s plays, educates teachers, and trains actors, is looking to diversify. Like most artistic groups, Shakespeare & Co. struggles to make […]
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Shakespeare & Co. looking for partner
Shakespeare & Co., a Lenox nonprofit that produces the Bard’s plays, educates teachers, and trains actors, is looking to diversify. Like most artistic groups, Shakespeare & Co. struggles to make […]
Posted inTransportation
House leaders talk transpo taxes
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE LEADERS ARE INCHING toward a proposal to raise new revenue “sourced from transportation for transportation” to invest in infrastructure and public transit, keeping their eye […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Payroll finally getting back to 2015 levels
THE MBTA PAYROLL is slowly returning to the staffing level it was at in fiscal 2015, at the start of the Baker administration. According to figures presented to the Fiscal […]