Add Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell to the list of officials talking about creating a dedicated bus lane along busy Blue Hill Avenue. In a wide-ranging interview on the […]
Campbell: Blue Hill Ave. conversation needed
Posted inEducation
Nearly $1 billion funding difference in education bills
SINCE JANUARY, when two proposals to update the state’s 26-year-old formula for funding Massachusetts schools were filed, one by Gov. Charlie Baker and another by a group of lawmakers led […]
Posted inEducation
Funding plus reform right equation for education legislation
NOTWITHSTANDING JOHN ADAMS’S almost sacred words enshrined in the Massachusetts Constitution, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was a Johnny come lately with respect to state aid to education, with its earliest […]
Posted inEducation
A Swift return
IT’S BEEN A long time since Jane Swift left the public stage, retreating home to Western Massachusetts after a rocky 21-month tenure as governor. Just how much time has passed? […]
Posted inOpinion
Climate, housing activists find common ground on tax
EARLIER THIS YEAR, Gov. Charlie Baker made waves when he announced a proposal to increase the real estate deeds excise tax by 50 percent to help fund critical municipal climate […]
Posted inOpinion
Dartmouth’s link to today’s college oversight bills
SMALL COLLEGES continue to teeter, some to fall. Their students have suffered. The Legislature has taken note: 60 members have filed “An Act Relative to Education Transparency,” which requires “Massachusetts […]
Posted inOpinion
Ex-UMass trustees: Senate provision misguided
IN 1988, in observance of the University of Massachusetts’ 125th anniversary, the board of trustees established a commission with a charge “to examine and make recommendations on the future role […]
Posted inOpinion
Biomass regulatory changes no big deal
WE AT THE MASSACHUSETTS Forest Alliance read with interest Mary Booth’s recent CommonWealth op-ed, “Get Ready for Another Biomass Battle.” She addresses proposed regulatory changes to the Renewable Portfolio Standard […]
Posted inOpinion
Massachusetts has a white supremacy problem
WHEN A GROUP of men, during LGBT Pride Month, recently sought a permit to hold “Straight Pride” in Boston, it was nearly universally mocked. The idea garnered comments from across […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA GM apologizes, says ‘tangible benefits’ near
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER STEVE POFTAK stressed Friday that T officials are working as quickly and safely as possible to assess and fix the damage to the Red Line, and he […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care
Ortiz case showcases Dominican justice system
THE MEDICAL CARE DAVID ORTIZ is receiving in Boston as he recovers from a gunshot wound is some of the best in the world, but the same superlatives cannot be […]
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Ortiz case showcases Dominican justice system
The medical care David Ortiz is receiving in Boston as he recovers from a gunshot wound is some of the best in the world, but the same superlatives cannot be […]
Posted inOpinion
Here’s what’s slowing down the Red Line now
WHEN THE RED LINE DERAILMENT occurred, at first it seemed like it was in a relatively good location. Ashmont trains could bypass the crash site, and passengers could transfer to […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker: Repairs to T must not shut out riders
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER says the MBTA faces real constraints on how quickly it can repair and upgrade the region’s transit system, but Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu says a historic […]
Posted inTransportation
Mass. ride-hailing trips rise 25% in 2018
RIDE -HAILING APPS such as Uber and Lyft continued their strong growth in Massachusetts during 2018, boosting the number of passenger trips by 25 percent and starting to move outside […]
Posted inPolitics
Embedded AG fellows raise concerns
A NONPROFIT BACKED with money from Michael Bloomberg is paying the salaries of 14 lawyers who are working on environmental and climate change issues for Democratic attorneys general around the […]
Posted inPolitics
Healey vs. Trump
IN A 2016 FUNDRAISING PITCH just after Donald Trump was elected president, Attorney General Maura Healey said she wouldn’t hesitate to take the incoming president to court if he carried […]
Posted inThe Download
Baker’s approach to T epitomizes his leadership style
Gov. Charlie Baker, Beacon Hill’s Mr. Fix-it, is taking a lot of heat over the Red Line derailment on Tuesday. A Boston Globe editorial – titled “Going off the rails […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker’s approach to T epitomizes his leadership style
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER, Beacon Hill’s Mr. Fix-it, is taking a lot of heat over the Red Line derailment on Tuesday. A Boston Globe editorial – titled “Going off the rails on […]
Posted inTransportation
T shuttle buses couldn’t keep up
THE MBTA DEPLOYED 94 of its own buses along with 15 supplied by the Yankee Line to shuttle the thousands of passengers stranded when a Red Line train derailed at […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn has plan for traffic, but yachts could be problem
ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR, which won approval Wednesday to open for testing next week, is plunking down big bucks to try to avoid exacerbating the region’s notorious gridlock when it opens […]
Posted inOpinion
Where is Baker’s sense of urgency on the T?
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is apparently contemplating a third term in order to complete the things he’s started. It’s clear that at this pace he may need a fourth term to […]
Posted inEconomy
Ed reform turncoat or just a more balanced position?
IN THE GREAT EDUCATION DEBATE that has animated American public life for the last several decades, the players roughly divide into two camps. The so-called “reformers” say education can, in […]
Posted inThe Download
Ed reform turncoat or just a more balanced position?
In the great education debate that has animated American public life for the last several decades, the players roughly divide into two camps. The so-called “reformers” say education can, in […]