ENCORE BOSTON HARBORÂ is now letting its customers self-park for free at the Everett casino, dispensing with the hefty charges that had been in place since its June opening — $22 […]
Encore dispenses with self-parking fees
Posted inOpinion
Time to rein in step therapy
BEING A MOM of three and a chronic disease patient is already tough enough – without any health insurance issues. I know this from firsthand experience living with a rare […]
Posted inEconomy
Wu calls for abolishing Boston Planning and Development Agency
BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR Michelle Wu is jumping on a well-worn path of city leaders going back to Kevin White, calling for dissolution of the city’s redevelopment authority, which she says […]
Posted inOpinion
Mass. doesn’t have to be worst state for Latinos
WHETHER OUR ANCESTORS have been here for generations or if we are the first generation of Americans, Latinos have deep roots in the communities in which we live. We are […]
Posted inOpinion
Colleges can lead on climate change
AT THEIR BEST, American universities and colleges are problem-solving institutions whose work is rooted in a set of universal values. This is a unique position in our society, one that […]
Posted inOpinion
Gen Z changing the transportation dynamic
A SHORT TIME AGO, the auto industry viewed millennials as the lost generation. Automakers expected car sales to plummet and prepared for change. But that didn’t happen. Instead, millennials delayed […]
Posted inTransportation
Audit: MassDOT board panel shares blame for RMV problems
IN ITS FINAL REPORT ON mismanagement at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, an audit firm faulted some of the political appointees on the board of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. […]
Posted inEnvironment
Baker’s latest solar goal called too small
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION is calling for an 800 megawatt expansion of the state’s relatively new solar incentive program, but a state lawmaker and industry advocates say that amount is way […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Haymarket artwork mystery solved
THE MYSTERY OF the missing public artwork at Haymarket is solved: It was dug up by a contractor, but it’s now safely stored nearby and state officials plan to contact […]
Posted inTransportation
The station that private capital built
IN SOMERVILLE, corporate interests are practically tripping over each other to pay for improvements to transit connections. Encore Boston Harbor is willing to pay $25 million for a footbridge over […]
Posted inThe Download
The station that private capital built
In Somerville, corporate interests are practically tripping over each other to pay for improvements to transit connections. Encore Boston Harbor is willing to pay $25 million for a footbridge over […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Walsh flooding the Mass. and Cass zone
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH intends to flood the area around Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue with outreach workers, public works staff, and police officers in a bid to ease […]
Posted inEducation
Senate approves big boost in school aid
THE SENATE MOVEDÂ Massachusetts one step closer to a long-awaited revamp of the state’s 26-year-old education aid formula, unanimously passing a bill that would steer an additional $1.5 billion a year […]
Posted inTransportation
RMV: Rhode Island to hand over thousands of infraction notices
MAKING AMENDS FOR past inaction, Rhode Island regulators plan to send the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles roughly 22,500 notices about infractions committed by Bay State drivers in the Ocean […]
Posted inArts and Culture
State agency offers $500,000 in place-making funds
MASSDEVELOPMENT IS OFFERING a total of $500,000 in matching grant money over the next 3 ½ months to municipalities and nonprofits seeking to launch creative place-making projects across the state. […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Big Orange Line shutdown starts Friday
FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKENDS, the MBTA is shutting down seven downtown stations on the Orange Line to replace track and complete cosmetic and signage improvements at four of the […]
Posted inUncategorized
Baker vape ban similar to Zohydro order
IT’S MORE THAN a week into a four-month sales ban on all vaping products in Massachusetts, and Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration is already looking at two major lawsuits — one […]
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Baker vape ban similar to Zohydro order
It’s more than a week into a four-month sales ban on all vaping products in Massachusetts, and Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration is already looking at two major lawsuits — one […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Pot store’s flower cupboard is bare
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MARIJUANA STORE closest to Boston is out of marijuana flower for non-medical customers while it waits to get test results back from labs that must […]
Posted inTransportation
State trying to rein in RTAs
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION is trying to rein in the state’s 15 regional transit authorities, the agencies that run buses outside the MBTA service area. MassDOT recently signed a […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Haymarket art hauled off with no warning
WITH NO NOTICE to the artist, a groundbreaking work of public art was ripped out of the ground in Boston’s Haymarket last Thursday and carted off. The art consists of […]
Posted inOpinion
Kennedy bid is not what Dems need right now
CONGRESSMAN JOE KENNEDY recently formally announced his candidacy for the US Senate, challenging Senator Ed Markey’s bid for reelection. When speculation about the challenge came out a few weeks ago, […]
Posted inOpinion
Mass. can prevent wrongful convictions like mine
WHAT WOULD A PERSON say to get out of jail? I learned the answer the hard way. Lies told by incentivized informants put me on death row for a murder […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
No welcome wagon for sober houses
IT”S BECOME INCREASINGLY popular to talk about addiction problems as a public health issue, with those suffering from the problem in need of help, not scorn or jail. Much less […]