STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER doubled down Wednesday on legislation to make it easier for cities and towns to relax zoning restrictions to facilitate the construction of new […]
Baker renews call for housing bill
Posted inOpinion
Lifting up homeless children
WHEN WE THINK of the homeless, we often imagine adults who might be battling addiction and mental health issues, but the truth is that 18,000 children experience homelessness in Massachusetts […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Let’s secure a healthy energy future
LOOKING AT RECENT HEADLINES, one sees that climate change—and the call for pioneering solutions to combat it—are now front and center in the public consciousness. We are at the forefront […]
Posted inGambling
Why a $20m fine looks like a Wynn win
WYNN RESORTS WAS HIT with $20 million fine yesterday by Nevada casino regulators, by far the largest sanction ever handed down there — and the company’s honchos were probably high-fiving […]
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Why a $20m fine looks like a Wynn win
Wynn Resorts was hit with $20 million fine yesterday by Nevada casino regulators, by far the largest sanction ever handed down there — and the company’s honchos were probably high-fiving […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Task force weighs raising juvenile court age
FERNANDO WILLIAMS was just 14 when he entered the juvenile justice system. Eleven years later, he’s gone through both the Department of Youth Services and, starting at 19, the Middlesex […]
Posted inGambling
Healey says her office may have role in Wynn review
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY is anxious to read the findings of the Gaming Commission’s investigation into Steve Wynn and Wynn Resorts and is not foreclosing upon […]
Posted inTransportation
Parking woes at North Quincy MBTA station
IN QUINCY, IT’S LIKE WHERE’S WALDO, but instead, where are the parking spaces? Quincy city councilors are seeking answers to how the MBTA will accommodate commuters who just lost nearly […]
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Parking woes at North Quincy MBTA station
In Quincy, it’s like Where’s Waldo, but instead, where are the parking spaces? Quincy city councilors are seeking answers to how the MBTA will accommodate commuters who just lost nearly […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 140: Expanding our view of health
When it comes to the state of our health, there is a glaring disconnect in the US, says Sandro Galea. We spend far more on health care per capita than […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Blue Line an outlier on ridership
WHILE WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP has generally dropped on MBTA subway and bus routes, boardings on the Blue Line have been on an upswing, according to data presented by the T’s research […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA management and union square off over pension fund
THERE IS A chasm between how MBTA management views the agency’s pension fund and how the union that represents the biggest share of T workers sees the retirement account. The […]
Posted inHealth Care
Expanding our view of health
WHEN IT COMES TO the state of our health, there is a glaring disconnect in the US, says Sandro Galea. We spend far more on health care per capita than […]
Posted inThe Download
Expanding our view of health
When it comes to the state of our health, there is a glaring disconnect in the US, says Sandro Galea. We spend far more on health care per capita than […]
Posted inOpinion
Partners is like a shark – always on the move
Second of two parts AS A BIG, COMPLEX SYSTEM that pursues diverse missions of clinical care, research, teaching, and community benefit, Partners HealthCare has an almost insatiable need to significantly […]
Posted inOpinion
Beware of Rodrigues’s ‘boring middle’
OVER THE PAST few legislative sessions, progressives have looked to the Massachusetts Senate as a beacon of progressive policymaking. Across a range of issues, the Senate has been willing to […]
Posted inOpinion
Port of Boston needs (regulatory) attention
KUDOS TO BOSTON Harbor Now’s Jill Valdes Horwood and James Aloisi from TransitMatters for highlighting the need to rethink industrial ports like Boston (“Boston’s Port Needs Attention”). While their insights […]
Posted inEnvironment, State House News Service
DeLeo proposes $1b in municipal climate investments
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO proposed a sweeping $1 billion environmental grant program Friday that, over the next decade, would fund municipal efforts to build renewable-energy infrastructure […]
Posted inOpinion
Cost of drugs in the US is an outrage
THE HIGH COST OF PHARMACEUTICALS in the United States is an embarrassment. Americans don’t consume more prescription medications than their counterparts in other developed countries but, on a per capita […]
Posted inUncategorized
Afterglow at issue with Pilgrim nuke plant
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS UNDERGO a chemical decay transforming the matter into a whole different element. Similarly, nuclear power plants receive a second life that extends long after the turbines stop spinning. […]
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Afterglow at issue with Pilgrim nuke plant
Radioactive elements undergo a chemical decay transforming the matter into a whole different element. Similarly, nuclear power plants receive a second life that extends long after the turbines stop spinning. […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
Commission torn over supervised injection sites
MEMBERS OF A STATE COMMISSION see some theoretical benefits from establishing supervised drug injection sites, but when it comes to the feasibility of actually establishing such programs, consensus was harder […]
Posted inEducation
Minority leaders slam Chang-Diaz removal as education co-chair
THE REMOVAL OF Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz as co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education drew harsh words on Thursday from leaders of four organizations serving communities of color, who charged […]
Posted inEnvironment, State House News Service
Mass. hydro project showers benefits on Maine
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLEARED of significant hurdles for the New England Clean Energy Connect project to bring clean hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts, and Maine […]