WHEN VOTERS CAST THEIR DECISION, whether for a candidate or a policy matter, they should be able to feel assured that the winning decision will be honored. In 2016, an […]
House subverted will of voters on eggs
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Overtime law needs an overhaul
THE MORE WE WORK, the less time we have for ourselves, our families, and our communities. That’s why, in order to protect employees from being forced to work long hours, […]
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Don’t be fooled by congestion pricing
NEARLY 700,000 PEOPLE call Boston home, and every day approximately 395,000 people head to work during the city’s peak commute hours. The majority of these trips (60 percent) originate outside […]
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Time to stop zoning out children
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES have accelerated in Boston and elsewhere in recent years. There has been an increase in healthy older people who may no longer want to live in single-family housing […]
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Trump immigration plan pits skilled workers against laborers
It’s a case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for anyone who follows immigration policy. President Donald Trump appeared to soften his sound bites on immigration on Thursday, but his […]
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Trump immigration plan pits skilled workers against laborers
IT’S A CASE of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for anyone who follows immigration policy. President Donald Trump appeared to soften his sound bites on immigration on Thursday, but his […]
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Key facts omitted from surprise billing debate
IF YOU RECEIVE a surprise out-of-network medical bill after being treated at a hospital in your insurance network, send the bill to your insurance company. Under current Massachusetts law, your […]
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Why help only the Mashpee Wampanoag?
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK for the Mashpee Wampanoag in their quest to open a tribal casino in Taunton. The US House of Representative passed the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal […]
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Prominent North Shore psychiatrist has medical license suspended
THE MEDICAL LICENSE of prominent North Shore psychiatrist Keith Ablow was suspended on Wednesday by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine based on multiple allegations of inappropriate sexual activity […]
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Thornton squeaks out a win from divided FEC
THE POLITICALLY WIRED ATTORNEYS at Thornton Law Firm won a partial — and ironic — victory at the Federal Election Commission last week. Andrea Estes, an investigative reporter at the […]
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Thornton squeaks out a win from divided FEC
The politically wired attorneys at Thornton Law Firm won a partial — and ironic — victory at the Federal Election Commission last week. Andrea Estes, an investigative reporter at the […]
Posted inTransportation
Isolation problem: T fares rising faster than cost of driving
IN NOVEMBER 1990, Bill Weld won his first election as governor, NBC aired the first full season of Seinfeld, and someone driving from Melrose to catch a Bruins game could […]
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Pulling the data together
It’s not easy comparing the cost of different modes of travel. With driving, for example, there are a lot more costs than just the per-mile cost of driving – the […]
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House overwhelmingly passes distracted driving bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE REPRESENTATIVES INVOKED the memories of people killed in distracted driving crashes on Wednesday before voting 155-2 to pass a bill banning motorists from using handheld […]
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‘Promise Act’ ed bill would be boon for Boston
WHEN BOSTON MAYOR Mayor Marty Walsh testified in late March on behalf of a bill to revamp the state’s 26-year-old education funding formula, he called it “a solution that will […]
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Closing HOV lanes is hard to understand
IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT that you are on a diet – not a New Year’s resolution diet that lasts for nine days, but a serious, honest-to-goodness effort to change your […]
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For Mashpee Wampanoag, land rights, casino back on the table
A WEEK AFTER a tweet by President Trump derailed efforts by the Mashpee Wampanoag to build a $1 billion casino in Taunton, the US House of Representatives has revived the tribe’s gaming prospects.   Last Wednesday, after Trump […]
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Kraft to lawyers: Do your job
WHEN IT COMES TO his involvement with the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, it looks like Robert Kraft is going to get off again. With the best legal defense money […]
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Kraft to lawyers: Do your job
When it comes to his involvement with the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, it looks like Robert Kraft is going to get off again. With the best legal defense money […]
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Beacon Hill housing debate centers around local control
THE LATEST BATTLE over state housing laws and what can be built where is a familiar one, pitting those who prize local control against those who think more top-down requirements […]
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Meehan talks tuition freeze with Spilka
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER ACCUSING SENATE leaders of blindsiding university officials with a budget proposal to freeze tuition and fees next year, UMass President Marty Meehan met with Senate […]
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Get ready for another biomass battle
REMEMBER THE BIG FIGHT about biomass as renewable energy in Massachusetts in the mid-2000s? We’re in the middle of another one. About 10 years ago, the Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standard […]
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School parking fees on the rise
 IT STARTED OUT INNOCENTLY enough. Natick school committee officials voted last November to impose a $50 temporary parking fee on students at the high school. School committee members said the […]
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School parking fees on the rise
It started out innocently enough. Natick school committee officials voted last November to impose a $50 temporary parking fee on students at the high school. School committee members said the […]