THE MBTA, which has faced criticism for lax oversight of its real estate portfolio, has hired the top real estate official at MassDevelopment. Richard Henderson, the executive vice president for […]
T lures Henderson from MassDevelopment
Posted inCriminal Justice
Sen. Brady settles drunk driving case
Updated at 5:18 p.m. SEN. MICHAEL BRADY of Brockton on Tuesday avoided the hazards of a criminal trial in connection with his March 2018 drunk driving arrest, agreeing to a […]
Posted inEnvironment
Energy forecast: Good today, future uncertain
THE FORECAST FOR TODAY calls for mostly sunny skies with the high temperature in the upper 60s and the low around 52 degrees. It’s ideal weather from an energy perspective […]
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Energy forecast: Good today, future uncertain
The forecast for today calls for mostly sunny skies with the high temperature in the upper 60s and the low around 52 degrees. It’s ideal weather from an energy perspective […]
Posted inPolitics
Unions look for another win with Janus bill
HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DeLEO will bring a bill to the floor for a vote this week that would allow unions to charge non-members fees for certain services, a response to […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Ridership up in 1st quarter
THE NUMBER OF BUS AND SUBWAY riders on the MBTA increased during the first three months of the year, bucking a long-running trend of declining ridership. MBTA officials said their […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
From Kraft and Brady (but not that Brady), an apology — and vigorous legal defense
KRAFT AND BRADY. The two names will be forever linked in local lore for their roles in a football dynasty to rival all others. But the names are also now […]
Posted inTransportation
Boston: the 22-7 city in terms of transit
BOSTON LIKES TO THINK of itself as a city that never sleeps, but the MBTA says a recent pilot project showed otherwise, prompting the agency to pull the plug on […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Putting standardized testing to the test
With spring comes the annual ritual of MCAS testing in Massachusetts schools. It’s how we gauge the performance of individual students as well as schools and districts. The assessment of […]
Posted inPolitics
Anti-gerrymandering group targets Massachusetts
JOHN PUDNER HAS practically unimpeachable conservative credentials as the political consultant who recruited David Brat to run for Congress in Virginia five years ago, but he says he has left […]
Posted inEducation
Putting standardized testing to the test
WITH SPRING COMES the annual ritual of MCAS testing in Massachusetts schools. It’s how we gauge the performance of individual students as well as schools and districts. The assessment of […]
Posted inThe Download
Putting standardized testing to the test
With spring comes the annual ritual of MCAS testing in Massachusetts schools. It’s how we gauge the performance of individual students as well as schools and districts. The assessment of […]
Posted inOpinion
Carbon pricing needed to address climate change
IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT to see the path forward on climate change. There are so many variables and misdirections. How do we address cow belches – one of the most […]
Posted inOpinion
Be Republican, don’t be intimidated
WE REPUBLICANS in Massachusetts often feel the brunt of intimidation from our neighbors, co-workers, and sometimes even family members. The listener hears us speak approvingly of the Republican Party, of […]
Posted inOpinion
Students need new skillset – creativity
TODAY WE MUST educate children for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented. The tumultuous change on our planet, in our societies, and in our schools, […]
Posted inOpinion
Nailing a rung into the nursing home career ladder
AS RECENT NEWS HAS MADE CLEAR, nursing homes have a Medicaid reimbursement problem. What you may not have heard during the steady drumbeat of media coverage is that nursing homes also […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mass. to double offshore wind procurements
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION is pushing ahead with plans to double the procurement of offshore wind power over the next several years, a move that will increase wind’s share of the […]
Posted inEducation
Riley throws in towel on New Bedford charter plan
FOUR MONTHS AFTER he unveiled a novel proposal for a New Bedford charter school billed as a way to ease the acrimony that has plagued the state’s education sector, Massachusetts […]
Posted inOpinion
Keeping politics in check
I’M AT CARRIE NATION, a prohibition-era themed Beacon Hill bar just down the street from the Massachusetts State House. On an island of tables floating between a legislative fundraiser in […]
Posted inPolitics
Lynch edges away from his ‘pro-life’ label
CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN LYNCH says he will renounce his “pro-life” label if the term becomes defined by the slew of measures passed by state legislatures to severely restrict or eliminate abortions. […]
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Lynch edges away from his ‘pro-life’ label
Congressman Stephen Lynch says he will renounce his “pro-life” label if the term becomes defined by the slew of measures passed by state legislatures to severely restrict or eliminate abortions. […]
Posted inOpinion
New Bedford charter deal is immoral
STATE REPS. Antonio Cabral, Christopher Hendricks, and William Straus have boldly asserted their opposition to the unprecedented charter school model proposed for the city of New Bedford. They have demonstrated […]
Posted inEducation
New Bedford charter legislation delayed again
SEN. PAT JEHLEN of Somerville, an outspoken charter school critic, threw a procedural roadblock in front of a New Bedford home rule petition to advance a novel charter school plan […]
Posted inPolitics
DeLeo sidestepping Baker on bonds
HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO is using a novel funding approach for his climate change legislation, authorizing the issuance of $1 billion in state general obligation bonds that would be exempt […]