The stunning, lame-duck power grab this week by the Wisconsin legislature would be far more difficult to pull off in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Legislature operates under a system of rules that […]
Could Wisc. lame-duck power grab happen here?
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Could Wisc. lame-duck power grab happen here?
The stunning, lame-duck power grab this week by the Wisconsin legislature would be far more difficult to pull off in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Legislature operates under a system of rules that […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Big question for lawmakers: When will downturn come?
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DESPITE A STRONG ECONOMY, last year’s $1 billion budget surplus, and revenue collections that are outperforming expectations so far this year, the potential for an economic […]
Posted inOpinion
Paul Tsongas showed way to civility
FORTY YEARS AGO, Paul Tsongas was elected United States senator from Massachusetts. It was a time before laptops or cell phones. This was a time of only three national news […]
Posted inOpinion
Union ‘loophole’ going to Supreme Court
THE SO-CALLED UNION LOOPHOLE is a longstanding social injustice that MassFiscal, and its sister organization the Fiscal Alliance Foundation, are determined to right. On Wednesday, we teamed up with the […]
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Judging the judge
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN with Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph, who is apparently the focus of a federal grand jury considering whether she improperly aided a defendant in eluding federal […]
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Judging the judge
What should happen with Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph, who is apparently the focus of a federal grand jury considering whether she improperly aided a defendant in eluding federal […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
National Grid takes pounding on Beacon Hill
NATIONAL GRID took a public relations pounding on Tuesday at a Beacon Hill hearing where steelworkers testified that the utility’s decision to lock them out in June had compromised public […]
Posted inPolitics
Former senator Joyce died from overdose
FORMER STATE SENATOR Brian Joyce, who was found dead in his Westport home in late September, died from a barbiturate overdose, according to the state medical examiner’s office. Joyce died […]
Posted inTransportation
T shows a willingness to experiment
The MBTA tried something new on Saturday. When the MBTA shuts down a subway or commuter rail line for repairs, standard operating procedure is to run replacement bus service along […]
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T shows a willingness to experiment
The MBTA tried something new on Saturday. When the MBTA shuts down a subway or commuter rail line for repairs, standard operating procedure is to run replacement bus service along […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Capital delivery arm has 80 openings
THE MBTA’S CAPITAL DELIVERY arm, which is tasked with spending $8 billion over the next five years, is struggling to ramp up its hiring to oversee projects. Beth Larkin, the […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA ponders its role in ‘mobility marketplace’
THE MBTA’S OVERSIGHT BOARD took some tentative steps on Monday to begin exploring the transit authority’s role in a fast-changing “mobility marketplace” where ride-hailing apps, taxis, bikeshares, car-sharing companies, and […]
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Episode 127: Aiello on the state of the T, new revenues
The head of the MBTA’s oversight board says the hoped-for transformation of the transit agency has a long way to go yet. “We’re still at the very beginning,” says Joseph […]
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Aiello on the state of the T, new revenues
The head of the MBTA’s oversight board says the hoped-for transformation of the transit agency has a long way to go yet. “We’re still at the very beginning,” says Joseph […]
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The Codcast: Aiello on the state of the T, new revenues
The head of the MBTA’s oversight board says the hoped-for transformation of the transit agency has a long way to go yet. “We’re still at the very beginning,” says Joseph […]
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New Wynn board chair makes his case
CHANCES ARE WE’LL be seeing more and more of Phil Satre in Boston. The new, 69-year-old chairman of the board at Wynn Resorts is expected to take a lead role […]
Posted inOpinion
Listen to New Bedford families, not special interests
SINCE THE 2016 BALLOT campaign around charter schools, we’ve seen victory lap after victory lap from the regressive anti-innovation crowd in education, but zero solutions presented to address the real […]
Posted inOpinion
New voices emerge from 2018 races
LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, the midterm elections were great for Democrats and our core values. Progressive leaders helped win back the US House, gained seats in the state Legislature, and held […]
Posted inOpinion
Mass. has hospital readmissions problem
THERE IS A great deal to celebrate in Massachusetts following the Health Policy Commission’s recent Cost Trends Hearing. The Commonwealth’s healthcare spending growth was well below the national average in […]
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Since I came to CommonWealth nearly 10 years ago after a couple decades in the newspaper industry, I tell people there is not all that much difference. “I went from […]
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Since I came to CommonWealth nearly 10 years ago after a couple decades in the newspaper industry, I tell people there is not all that much difference. “I went from […]
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Elugardo says House needs structural change
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WHEN NIKA ELUGARDO was young, her “little middle school protest” was to leave the Pledge of Allegiance incomplete when reciting it in class, dropping the phrase […]
Posted inThe Back Story
Swampscott agreement deals with gender fluidity
When Swampscott elementary school principal Thomas Shannon Daniels first came out as transgender in February, he indicated his gender was fluid. “For me, that means I identify as both a […]