WITH COMPLEX DECISIONS over the future of the nearly completed casino in Everett and the possibility of casino gaming in southeastern Massachusetts looming, Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday appointed someone […]
Baker names legal aide to head Gaming Commission
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Local cannabis company sells to Ga. firm
HERE COMES MORE Big Marijuana. A Georgia company with a big-time capital investor and marijuana operations in Florida, Texas, and Nevada announced on Monday that it has signed a deal […]
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Local cannabis company sells to Ga. firm
Here comes more Big Marijuana. A Georgia company with a big-time capital investor and marijuana operations in Florida, Texas, and Nevada announced on Monday that it has signed a deal […]
Posted inEducation
Riley proposes novel solution to charter school battle
WHEN JEFF RILEY was named state education commissioner a year ago this month, he vowed to try to heal the divisions that have plagued the education world — between charter […]
Posted inOpinion
ISO should call for offshore wind transmission discussion
NEW ENGLAND is in the midst of an energy sea change. Brought about by the people of the region acting through their elected officials, states in the region have passed […]
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Baker: My hands were tied on compressor station
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said Monday he “basically had no choice” but to approve air quality permits for a natural gas compressor station in Weymouth given the […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Keolis posts best on-time month
THE MBTA’S COMMUTER RAIL rail system in December posted its best on-time performance month in the last 4½ years, with trains delivering passengers within five minutes of the scheduled arrival […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 134: Getting to yes on new education funding
State leaders appear to be serious about finally passing new legislation this year that would update the state’s education funding formula for K-12 schools. But exactly what would a new funding bill […]
Posted inTransportation
New Orange Line cars to be delayed
A HOLDUP IN THE TESTING of a new vehicle signal system will delay the introduction of new Orange Line cars by at least eight to 10 weeks, MBTA officials said […]
Posted inEducation
Getting to yes on new education funding
STATE LEADERS appear to be serious about finally passing new legislation this year that would update the state’s education funding formula for K-12 schools. But exactly what would a new funding […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: Getting to yes on new education funding
State leaders appear to be serious about finally passing new legislation this year that would update the state’s education funding formula for K-12 schools. But exactly what would a new […]
Posted inOpinion
Rethinking a very unacceptable roadway
TAKE A WALK with me. Let’s start at the exit from the Science Park Green Line station in Boston. Wait for the pedestrian signal to go west, then cross two […]
Posted inOpinion
In the face of climate change, Bostonians need to call a retreat
2018 WILL APPEAR in retrospect as the year when climate change became a daily reality and not some debatable future possibility. Jurisdictions across the globe are now struggling with planning […]
Posted inOpinion
Let’s get off the ranked choice bandwagon
CONGRATULATIONS to US Rep. Jared Golden, who defeated incumbent Republican congressman Bruce Poliquin through the magic of ranked-choice voting. Poliquin had the lead after the first count last November, with […]
Posted inPolitics
Pressley moving from Dorchester home
AYANNA PRESSLEY is on the move in more ways than one. Sworn in last week as the new representative for the 7th Congressional District and now dividing her time between […]
Posted inEconomy
Private management of water systems can pay off
OVER THE PAST few decades, a growing number of municipalities in Massachusetts and across the US have attempted to reduce costs by turning to private companies to operate their water, […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker lets flame retardant bill die
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER will not sign into law a ban on certain chemical flame retardants in household goods, he told lawmakers Friday afternoon, citing concerns with […]
Posted inTransportation
Commuter rail ridership up 20% since 2012
PASSENGER TRAFFIC on the MBTA’s commuter rail system grew by more than 20 percent between 2012 and 2018, with nearly all lines posting increases, according to sources familiar with the […]
Posted inEnvironment
Time to take a stand on nips?
MAYBE IT’S TIME for Beacon Hill to take a stand on nips, those little liquor bottles that many communities are coming to regard as a public nuisance. Chelsea banned the […]
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Time to take a stand on nips?
Maybe it’s time for Beacon Hill to take a stand on nips, those little liquor bottles that many communities are coming to regard as a public nuisance. Chelsea banned the […]
Posted inPolitics
Holmes calls House leadership ‘a dictatorship’
RUSSELL HOLMES, the Mattapan state representative who caused a stir two years ago with talk of succession planning for a new House speaker, is showing no signs of quieting down […]
Posted inTransportation
Pollack’s Allston decision: Pike at grade, Soldiers Field Rd. elevated
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Stephanie Pollack announced on Thursday that she intends to replace the deteriorating, elevated portion of the Massachusetts Turnpike near Boston University with an at-grade highway and make room […]
Posted inGambling
Gaming Commission on two tracks with Wynn
IT WAS AN ODD JUXTAPOSITION at Thursday’s meeting of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, with commissioners one minute trying to figure out when they will be able to see a report […]
Posted inHealth Care
Perfect storm led to healthy kidney removal
ANKUR PARIKH, a 37-year-old urologist, logged into the medical records system at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and examined what he thought was a CT kidney scan that had […]