STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A RAUCOUS GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL hearing and assembly ended Wednesday with two members walking out of the meeting after a third councilor suggested he’d try to block […]
Polito deals with Governor’s Council anger
Posted inArts and Culture
Trying to add some her to history
HISTORY HAS ALWAYSÂ BEEN a big draw in Massachusetts, but the focus has overwhelmingly been on men. The Granary Burying Ground on Boston’s Freedom Trail features the graves of John […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Epstein, MIT, and ‘sugar-daddy science’
THE SORDID TALE of efforts at MIT to woo donations from Jeffrey Epstein but keep hush-hush the fact the school was welcoming money from the registered sex offender has put […]
Posted inThe Download
Epstein, MIT, and ‘sugar-daddy science’
The sordid tale of efforts at MIT to woo donations from Jeffrey Epstein but keep hush-hush the fact the school was welcoming money from the registered sex offender has put […]
Posted inEconomy
Gloucester lobsters caught in trade war
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WHEN CANADA NEGOTIATED a new trade agreement with Europe several years ago, Vince Mortillaro, the owner of Mortillaro Lobster in Gloucester, made a business decision. No […]
Posted inArts and Culture
The Hub: An impressive front door to Garden, N. Station
NOT LONG AGO, attending a game at TD Garden or taking a train out of North Station meant you would need to come and go through a nondescript side door. […]
Posted inThe Download
O’Connell has a leg up in Taunton race
Republican Rep. Shaunna O’Connell always seems to be one step ahead in the race to succeed Thomas Hoye Jr. as mayor of Taunton. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito in January broached […]
Posted inPolitics
O’Connell has a leg up in Taunton race
REPUBLICAN REP. SHAUNNA O’CONNELL always seems to be one step ahead in the race to succeed Thomas Hoye Jr. as mayor of Taunton. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito in January broached […]
Posted inGambling
Slots slip, table game revenues keep rising at Encore
SLOT MACHINE REVENUES at Encore Boston Harbor remained lackluster in August, while revenue from table games continued to surge. Numbers released by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Monday indicated gross […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service
Baker wants to sell Hynes, expand BCEC
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION is reviving the idea of expanding the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston’s Seaport and wants permission to sell the Hynes Convention […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Half-price reverse commute fare to Foxboro
THE MBTA INTENDS to begin testing commuter rail service between Boston and Foxboro starting October 21, complete with a half-price fare for people who reverse commute to the suburb. The […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
Healey outlines refusal to settle Purdue Pharma lawsuit
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY says she plans to continue to aggressively pursue litigation against Purdue Pharma, the company that made billions selling prescription painkiller OxyContin, despite the company filing for bankruptcy on Sunday, […]
Posted inThe Codcast
7 healthcare questions for Rick Lord
Rick Lord has a unique perspective on health care in Massachusetts. He serves on the state’s Health Policy Commission. He stepped down in May after more than 28 years as […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA: Weakened steel ring led to June derailment
This story has been edited to include additional comments made after the findings were first disclosed. A BRITTLE STEEL AXLE on the front of the third car of a 50-year-old […]
Posted inThe Download
7 healthcare questions for Rick Lord
Rick Lord has a unique perspective on health care in Massachusetts. He serves on the state’s Health Policy Commission. He stepped down in May after more than 28 years as […]
Posted inHealth Care
7 healthcare questions for Rick Lord
Rick Lord has a unique perspective on health care in Massachusetts. He serves on the state’s Health Policy Commission. He stepped down in May after more than 28 years as […]
Posted inPolitics
Mass. GOP stepping up its outreach
WITH A TAX DEBATE LOOMING on Beacon Hill, the Massachusetts Republican Party appears to be stepping up its outreach to Bay State voters with a message that GOP candidates and […]
Posted inTransportation
Universal congestion pricing is the way to go
MASSACHUSETTS LIVES and breathes as the Commonwealth of firsts. From the Mayflower to the continent’s first subway system, this state knows what groundbreaking transportation looks like. While we have accomplished […]
Posted inOpinion
A revolutionary idea for a Boston soccer venue
BOSTON, we have a soccer problem. We don’t have a home team. Our club in spirit—the pioneering and resurgent New England Revolution—still reside in the de facto exile of Gillette […]
Posted inPolitics
The ‘conscience of Boston’Â
WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. led a march from Roxbury to Boston Common in 1965 to protest school segregation in the city, his deepest connection here was a young Roxbury […]
Posted inOpinion
Promising program helps rehabilitate inmates
CRIMINAL JUSTICE has gotten plenty of air time in the presidential debates, including the most recent one. Policing reforms, sentencing reforms, closure of private prisons, and offender voting rights have […]
Posted inOpinion
It’s time to invest in student success
ALL ACROSS AMERICA, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, just over half of the students who begin a college degree end up graduating. Not surprisingly, a higher percentage of students graduate […]
Posted inPolitics
The debaters and the teacher
IT STARTED WHEN former Housing and Urban Development secretary Julián Castro questioned Joe Biden’s memory over what he had said minutes before about automatically enrolling uninsured people into a Medicare-type […]
Posted inThe Download
The debaters and the teacher
It started when former Housing and Urban Development secretary Julián Castro questioned Joe Biden’s memory over what he had said minutes before about automatically enrolling uninsured people into a Medicare-type […]