How do you balance public safety and neighborhood quality of life concerns with support for the most marginalized people in a community? Those issues exploded into public view with the […]
Breaking down “Operation Clean Sweep”
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The Codcast: Breaking down “Operation Clean Sweep”
How do you balance public safety and neighborhood quality of life concerns with support for the most marginalized people in a community? Those issues exploded into public view with the […]
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Vineyard Wind layout tough issue for regulators
VINEYARD WIND’S TURBINE LAYOUT is likely one of the sticking points that prompted federal regulators late last week to expand their environmental review of the wind farm to include an analysis […]
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SE Mass. deserves casino gambling discussion
THE ROAD TO CASINO gaming in Massachusetts has been long and winding, but nowhere as much as the place where it began – southeastern Massachusetts. It’s been nearly eight years […]
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The complicated legacy of ‘broken windows’ policing
DRAWING ON LESSONS he learned as a seminarian, social worker, and then probation officer, George Kelling became a major thinker on law enforcement, envisioning a new approach to policing that […]
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Mayors of Salem, Holyoke call for carbon fee
WE ARE THE MAYORS of Salem and Holyoke, two medium-sized Gateway Cities. Our communities are more than 100 miles apart, but both are feeling the impacts of climate change. We […]
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T completes some Red Line signal improvements
THE MBTA SAYS it has restored automated signal systems between the JFK/UMass and Broadway stations that were damaged in the June 11 derailment, eliminating the need for manual signaling on […]
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Feds call for more study on Vineyard Wind
IN A DECISION that could derail Vineyard Wind, federal regulators on Friday put their review of the project on hold temporarily while they seek to better understand the cumulative impact […]
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Did Liss-Riordan overstep on Second Amendment?
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS about American’s constitutional right to bear arms are roiling the Massachusetts Democratic primary for US Senate. After mass shootings, a distressingly occurrence in American politics, the debate typically […]
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Moulton soldiers on despite lack of traction
US REPRESENTATIVE SETH MOULTON is one of 24 Democratic candidates running to challenge President Donald Trump, but hasn’t even been able to qualify for the first two rounds of debates. The […]
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Moulton soldiers on despite lack of traction
US Representative Seth Moulton is one of 24 Democratic candidates running to challenge President Donald Trump, but hasn’t even been able to qualify for the first two rounds of debates. […]
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Congestion: Worst, bad, Uber and Lyft
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION’S congestion study put some hard data behind the public’s sense – correct, as it turned out – that Greater Boston’s already bad traffic got worse in the […]
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When did it become a crime to fight for good jobs?
THE FEDERAL TRIAL of Tim Sullivan and Ken Brissette has upended the notion of Boston City Hall fighting for the interests of its residents. When I was Mayor Ray Flynn’s […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker likes managed (toll) lanes
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER has found a form of congestion pricing he likes, but it faces a number of legal and logistical hurdles if it is to take root in Massachusetts. […]
Posted inTransportation
For complex traffic problem, Baker offers smorgasbord
LACKING A “SILVER BULLET” to deal with traffic congestion, Gov. Charlie Baker presented a scattershot plan Thursday to tinker with intersections, quickly clear road wrecks, and consider building special new […]
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Boston Calling verdict could have legs
TWELVE JURORS took six hours to convict two Boston City Hall aides, closing another chapter in federal prosecutors’ long-running effort to police Massachusetts government and politics. Ken Brissette and Timothy […]
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Boston Calling verdict could have legs
Twelve jurors took six hours to convict two Boston City Hall aides, closing another chapter in federal prosecutors’ long-running effort to police Massachusetts government and politics. Ken Brissette and Timothy […]
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Baker gave a ‘courtesy’ heads-up to O’Connell
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION notified Rep. Shauna O’Connell ahead of time that the governor was appointing the mayor of Taunton as the interim register of probate in Bristol County, but officials […]
Posted inOpinion
Telecommuting tax credit misses mark
THE MARK OF GOOD PUBLIC POLICY, often honored in the breach, is to identify the most direct means to address a particular problem. In the case of the state’s massive […]
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Bump rejects Holyoke CC bookstore privatization
STATE AUDITOR SUZANNE BUMP rejected an attempt by Holyoke Community College to privatize some of its bookstore operations, saying the school had failed to comply with a number of provisions of a state law placing […]
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As T plugs into e-buses, new questions about garages
THE MBTA HAS outgrown its decades-old bus maintenance garages, and T officials are considering adding around 500 buses to the fleet of roughly 1,000, which some think sets up an […]
Posted inTransportation
Green Line derailment 6th this year at MBTA
A PRELIMINARY MBTA investigation is blaming operator error for Wednesday morning’s Green Line derailment, the transit authority’s sixth passenger-service derailment in 2019 and the third caused by human error. T […]
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The taxing matter of education funding
When it comes to school funding, do we want to have our cake and eat it too? That’s the conclusion of an annual national poll of views on public education. […]
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The taxing matter of education funding
When it comes to school funding, do we want to have our cake and eat it too? That’s the conclusion of an annual national poll of views on public education. […]