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 […]
Former rep backs up Kaufman’s account
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 […]
Posted inThe Download
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 […]
Posted inPolitics
DeLeo to seek yet another term as speaker
HOUSE SPEAKER Robert DeLeo, who four years ago oversaw the scuttling of term limits on his reign, said he doesn’t plan to leave anytime soon and intends to seek another […]
Posted inUncategorized
Over 33,000 immigrants waiting for day in Boston’s immigration court
FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS of New England immigrants, the long wait time for a day before an immigration judge has gone from bad to worse. For unaccompanied minors, or young immigrants who […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Ex-rep: DeLeo told me, vote for transpo bill or lose chairmanship
Jay Kaufman, the former state rep from Lexington, remembers a conversation he had with House Speaker Robert DeLeo the last time the Legislature considered raising taxes to pay for transportation. […]
Posted inTransportation
Commuter rail group backs big expansion
This story was updated at 6 p.m. A 25-MEMBER ADVISORY GROUP that has been studying the future of commuter rail for the last 18 months presented a fairly united front […]
Posted inPolitics
Ex-rep: DeLeo told me, vote for transpo bill or lose chairmanship
JAY KAUFMAN, THE former state rep from Lexington, remembers a conversation he had with House Speaker Robert DeLeo the last time the Legislature considered raising taxes to pay for transportation. […]
Posted inThe Download
Ex-rep: DeLeo told me, vote for transpo bill or lose chairmanship
Jay Kaufman, the former state rep from Lexington, remembers a conversation he had with House Speaker Robert DeLeo the last time the Legislature considered raising taxes to pay for transportation. […]
Posted inArts and Culture
DCR begins charging Community Boating rent
COMMUNITY BOATING INC., the nonprofit public sailing center located on the banks of the Charles River in Boston, is now paying rent to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. […]
Posted inOpinion
TransitMatters: Our plan for regional rail
MASSACHUSETTS BENEFITS GREATLY from a legacy passenger rail network mostly built out in the late 19th century. Thankfully, much of it was saved from the worst impulses of mid-20th century […]
Posted inOpinion
Face surveillance tech unprecedented threat
DOZENS OF ADVOCATES—including district attorneys, MIT researchers, educators, and tech business leaders—sounded the alarm this week on an unprecedented threat to our civil liberties. We testified before state lawmakers, and […]
Posted inEnvironment
A roadmap for combatting climate change
LIVING ON THE Massachusetts coastline means we both get a front row seat to some of the most dramatic impacts of climate change. We can see what rising seas and pounding […]
Posted inOpinion
State needs to cover cost of early voting
IN 2014, lawmakers added Massachusetts to the growing list of states to offer early voting, enabling registered voters to cast their ballots as much as 12 days in advance of […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Artists, gallery owners debate rules of selling art
THE PROVINCETOWN LICENSING BOARD held a hearing this week on who should be able to sell art in town, and the panel got an earful from artists and gallery owners. […]
Posted inHealth Care
A different kind of single-payer health care
LIKE MANY OF the Democratic presidential candidates, I believe access to necessary health care is a basic human right, like housing, food and social services. More needs to be done […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
When will State Police scandals end?
Another day, another State Police scandal. The most recent incident surfaced when the Boston Herald’s Howie Carr was tipped off that trooper Andrew Patterson allegedly exposed himself while harassing a […]
Posted inThe Download
When will State Police scandals end?
Another day, another State Police scandal The most recent incident surfaced when the Boston Herald’s Howie Carr was tipped off that trooper Andrew Patterson allegedly exposed himself while harassing a couple […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Rivera pushes ‘zombie property’ legislation
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EVERY CITY IN MASSACHUSETTS has one or two, and in Lawrence, there are hundreds, Mayor Daniel Rivera said Thursday: vacant properties that aren’t being developed, because […]
Posted inEnvironment
Healey sues ExxonMobil, alleges climate change deception
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY sued ExxonMobil Corp. on Thursday, accusing the company of misleading Massachusetts investors and consumers by withholding information linking its fossil fuel products to climate change. The […]
Posted inThe Codcast
BONUS EPISODE: Pollster explores commuter rail survey
Richard Parr, the research director of the MassINC Polling Group, said he was surprised at the strong support in a statewide, online poll for regional rail and a number of other ambitious transportation initiatives, […]