THIS YEAR THE annual spending bill may be just that. While the budget process is only about halfway through, the leadership of both legislative branches appears determined to focus on […]
Senate trying to limit policy proposals in budget
Posted inTransportation
T notes: S. Coast Rail subsidy $9m to $12m a year
STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS estimate South Coast Rail will require an annual operating subsidy of between $9 million and $12 million a year. At Monday’s joint meeting of the Department of […]
Posted inGambling
What are Wynn, MGM up to?
NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW what to make of last week’s announcement that MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts are engaged in conversations about the sale of Wynn’s Everett casino and hotel. […]
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What are Wynn, MGM up to?
Nobody seems to know what to make of last week’s announcement that MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts are engaged in conversations about the sale of Wynn’s Everett casino and hotel. […]
Posted inTransportation
Allston project could mean big commute changes
STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS, grappling with the tradeoffs involved in replacing a deteriorating section of the Massachusetts Turnpike in a space-constrained area near Boston University, say they are considering a number […]
Posted inUncategorized
Weymouth gas compressor permit based on incomplete data
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LAST YEAR, the Department of Environmental Protection sent air samples from the site of a proposed natural gas compressor station to a private laboratory and asked […]
Posted inTransportation
T to free the ramp, but only at certain times
AFTER YEARS OF PRODDING from transit advocates, MBTA officials said on Monday they plan to start allowing Silver Line buses headed to the airport to use an emergency ramp into […]
Posted inPolitics
Labor attorney launches bid for US Senate
SHANNON LISS-RIORDAN, a labor attorney who has won concessions from some of the best known corporations, earning the sobriquet “The Sledgehammer,” announced a Democratic primary challenge against US Sen. Ed […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 152: Putting out a welcome mat for housing
Greater Boston’s booming housing market may be lucrative to real estate speculators, but the constricted supply of housing isn’t helping those who make long-term investments in their homes, according to […]
Posted inPolitics
Supreme Court declines to take up corporate spending appeal
THE US SUPREME COURT has declined to hear an appeal to a ruling upholding the state’s ban on corporate donations to political candidates. Monday’s decision by the nation’s highest court […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Family support alone not enough for reentry from prison
In a recent speech about criminal justice reform, Georgia politician Stacey Abrams said something that those of us who work with people making the transition from incarceration back […]
Posted inUncategorized
Putting out a welcome mat for housing
GREATER BOSTON’S BOOMING HOUSING MARKET may be lucrative to real estate speculators, but the constricted supply of housing isn’t helping those who make long-term investments in their homes, according to […]
Posted inThe Download
Putting out a welcome mat for housing
Greater Boston’s booming housing market may be lucrative to real estate speculators, but the constricted supply of housing isn’t helping those who make long-term investments in their homes, according to […]
Posted inOpinion
House subverted will of voters on eggs
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 […]
Posted inOpinion
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, […]
Posted inOpinion
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 […]
Posted inOpinion
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 […]
Posted inThe Download
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 […]
Posted inOpinion
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 […]
Posted inOpinion
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 […]
Posted inHealth Care
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 […]
Posted inPolitics
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 […]