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 […]
Baker’s latest solar goal called too small
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 […]
Posted inThe Download
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 […]
Posted inHealth Care
Telemedicine lagging in Mass.
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CARSON DOMEY, a 15-year-old from Bellingham with Crohn’s disease, tallied up the number of doctor’s appointments he’s gone to and presented a rough total to lawmakers: […]
Posted inUncategorized
Markey, Kennedy participate at immigration roundtable
SEN. ED MARKEY and US Rep. Joe Kennedy III made a joint appearance on Tuesday at an immigration roundtable event focused on the Trump administration’s decision to cap refugee admissions […]
Posted inUncategorized
DPU approves National Grid rate hike
STATE REGULATORS on Tuesday approved raising National Grid’s monthly residential customer charge from $5.50 to $7 along with a yet-to-be-determined increase in the per-kilowatt distribution rate on residential customer bills. […]
Posted inTransportation
East Coast states outline carbon pricing plan
OFFICIALS FROM MASSACHUSETTS and Maryland on Tuesday laid out in broad strokes their plans for a forthcoming program across the East Coast to reduce harmful tailpipe emissions and fund greener […]
Posted inThe Download
What casino traffic?
Five years ago, when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission awarded a license to a proposed casino on the banks of the Mystic River in Everett, traffic was one of the most […]
Posted inTransportation
What casino traffic?
FIVE YEARS AGO, when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission awarded a license to a proposed casino on the banks of the Mystic River in Everett, traffic was one of the most […]