Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday proposed a range of new regulations to prevent abuses of the Uber and Lyft ride-hailing platforms and to more precisely monitor how those on-demand travel […]
Baker proposes new ride-hailing regs
Posted inPolitics
Could partisanship become justification for Census query?
READING BETWEEN THE lines of two blockbuster Supreme Court rulings this summer, it’s easy to guess what the Trump administration’s next move might be to try to put a citizenship […]
Posted inThe Download
Could partisanship become justification for Census query?
Reading between the lines of two blockbuster Supreme Court rulings this summer, it’s easy to guess what the Trump administration’s next move might be to try to put a citizenship […]
Posted inOpinion
Late budget isn’t a ‘governance weakness’
LIKE EVERY YEAR since 2010, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts began fiscal year 2020 on July 1, 2019, without an approved budget in place and currently relies on an interim budget […]
Posted inUncategorized
Trahan filing bill, ignores Pence’s assurances
US REP. LORI TRAHAN on Wednesday described her recent trip to detention facilities along the US- Mexico border last week, talking about how the conditions she saw spurred her to […]
Posted inTransportation
Red Line ridership continues to lag
Red Line ridership continued to lag behind normal levels during the last week of June – the continuation of a trend that began after a train car derailed at the […]
Posted inOpinion
Mass. carbon tax: Poor bang for buck
ON THE MATTER of climate change, politicians have reached a point where they will throw anything they have at the problem without a thought to the economic consequences or, for […]
Posted inThe Download
Safety allegations raise control board issues
The MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board is widely viewed as a government success story – five, unpaid gubernatorial appointees who have brought public scrutiny to the inner workings of […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Safety allegations raise control board issues
THE MBTA’s FISCAL and Management Control Board is widely viewed as a government success story – five, unpaid gubernatorial appointees who have brought public scrutiny to the inner workings of […]
Posted inTransportation
Consider the benefit of water transit
EVERY DAY ACROSS OUR COMMONWEALTH, congested roads, structurally deficient bridges, and unreliable rail and bus options frustrate workers, residents, and visitors at all hours of the day and night. It is no secret that Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure is in dire need of […]
Posted inTransportation
Lawmakers planning RMV oversight hearing this month
STATE LAWMAKERS WILL CONDUCT an oversight hearing later this month to look into problems at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, where administrative lapses delayed license suspensions for nearly 900 people. […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Two views of the pause in ICE courthouse arrests
The CommonWealth Codcast hosted Center for Immigration Studies’ Jessica Vaughan and immigration attorney Matt Cameron to break down the history behind courthouse arrests in Massachusetts, and what a recent decision […]
Posted inUncategorized
Two views of the pause in ICE courthouse arrests
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, US District Court Judge Indira Talwani took the unprecedented step of approving a temporary injunction blocking US Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents from making civil […]
Posted inThe Download
Two views of the pause in ICE courthouse arrests
Less than two weeks ago, US District Court Judge Indira Talwani took the unprecedented step of approving a temporary injunction blocking US Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents from making civil […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Old friends now in Beacon Hill face-off
A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN Beacon Hill veterans is unfolding as Secretary of State William Galvin seeks to bar former House speaker Sal DiMasi from registering as a State House lobbyist because […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Baker undermining solitary confinement initiative
LAST YEAR’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM LAW tried to nudge the state toward a more humane policy on solitary confinement in the state’s prisons and jails by adding due process protections for […]
Posted inOpinion
Setting record straight on community colleges
IN RESPONSE to the recent op-ed written by Juma Crawford and Marisa Meldonian, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) and Roxbury Community College (RCC) would like to offer a few points […]
Posted inTransportation
Red Line ridership off 10% after derailment
RED LINE RIDERSHIP dropped roughly 10 percent the week a train derailed at the JFK/UMass Station and it only partially recovered the following week, according to the latest figures available. […]
Posted inOpinion
We need to blend liberal arts, workplace experience
A LIBERAL ARTS college education has always been viewed as a foundation for a career or for advanced study in a graduate or professional program. The notion has been to […]
Posted inOpinion
The missing ingredient to win more transit funding: results
IF PLANNED AND PROMOTED well, buses, trains, and bikes can be tremendous resources for how we’ll get around in the future. For now, the US has invested in an almost entirely […]
Posted inOpinion
Our country is the sum of many parts
AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, I filed a resolution in the Boston City Council to recognize Immigrant Heritage Month. As a first-generation American, the daughter of a Polish mother and […]
Posted inOpinion
Don’t end competitive electricity market
IN 1998, MASSACHUSETTS made the groundbreaking decision to deregulated the electricity industry – declaring for themselves that they should have the right to choose their electric supplier. Now, more than […]
Posted inOpinion
Opportunity moment in transportation
1/ The death of Lee Iacocca is a metaphor for the passing of an auto centric era. This great corporate titan of auto-mobility embodied much of the false optimism & […]
Posted inTransportation
Video: Pyrotechnics preceded June derailment
A VIDEO OF the Red Line derailment on June 11 from the vantage point of the JFK/UMass Station shows the Braintree-bound train coming into view around a slight curve when […]