MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS suffered yet another electoral drubbing last week. Apart from Gov. Â Charlie Baker, every Republican candidate for statewide office got trounced by 24 to 46 point margins, based on […]
For GOP, is the lesson be more like Charlie?
Posted inThe Download
Globe all in on pot
It’s a small thing that few would initially notice but it says something loud. On the Boston Globe’s home page, just below the paper’s logo, is a list of categories like […]
Posted inEconomy, State House News Service
Globe all in on pot
IT’S A SMALL THING that few would initially notice but it says something loud. On the Boston Globe’s home page, just below the paper’s logo, is a list of categories […]
Posted inThe Back Story
DCR hiring a debt collection agency
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION and Recreation – the largest landowner in the state — is in the process of hiring a debt-collection company to go after tenants who owe […]
Posted inTransportation
TransitMatters co-founder leaving for Keolis
MARC EBUÑA, the co-founder and president of TransitMatters, is leaving the transportation advocacy group to take what he described as an entry level job at Keolis Commuter Services, which operates […]
Posted inEconomy
Mega misses — or wins?
LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL KID working to move past an unrequited crush, Boston told Amazon it just wasn’t that into the e-commerce giant anyway. Mayor Marty Walsh said he was […]
Posted inThe Download
Mega misses — or wins?
Like a high school kid working to move past an unrequited crush, Boston told Amazon it just wasn’t that into the e-commerce giant anyway. Mayor Marty Walsh said he was […]
Posted inOpinion
Civics law provides solid foundation for teachers, students
IN A RECENT CommonWealth piece, University of Massachusetts Lowell professor Jack Schneider took issue with a civics education bill recently signed by Gov. Charlie Baker. The measure is primarily designed […]
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Homelessness no longer just a big-city issue
MADELYNN MALLOY and Bob Morin, a homeless couple frustrated by the lack of affordable housing in rural Franklin County, rolled out their blankets this summer on Greenfield Town Common and […]
Posted inTransportation
Another data-point on the rise of ride-hailing apps
Most transportation analysts are convinced Uber and Lyft are transforming the way people get around in the United States, but there’s been relatively little hard data. New York City for […]
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Another data-point on the rise of ride-hailing apps
Most transportation analysts are convinced Uber and Lyft are transforming the way people get around in the United States, but there’s been relatively little hard data. New York City for […]
Posted inHealth Care
Nurse staffing study left union in the dark
THE CONTENTIOUS BALLOT QUESTION campaign over nurse staffing levels may be over, but bitter feelings remain over a study that played a pivotal role in the high-profile debate. In early […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 125: Charter school lesson plans
It feels like an odd time to be celebrating charter school success in Massachusetts, but that’s just what Cara Candal does in a new book that not only touts the […]
Posted inEconomy
Airbnb sues Boston to halt regs
AIRBNB FILED SUIT against the city of Boston Tuesday seeking to block officials from implementing new regulations on short-term rentals set to take effect January 1, claiming the rules illegally […]
Posted inEducation
Charter school lesson plans
It feels like an odd time to be celebrating charter school success in Massachusetts, but that’s just what Cara Candal does in a new book that not only touts the […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: Charter school lesson plans
It feels like an odd time to be celebrating charter school success in Massachusetts, but that’s just what Cara Candal does in a new book that not only touts the […]
Posted inPolitics
New Dem electeds talk race — and racism
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS, who won race after race in Tuesday’s elections, appear to have a some racial tensions within their party. In a televised interview that aired […]
Posted inOpinion
Early education is not child’s play
AS PARENTS, TAXPAYERS, and legislators consider how best to invest in early childhood, we need more clarity about what a high-quality preschool program looks like and we need to train […]
Posted inOpinion
Ignore the charter school think-tank crowd
YOU ARE AN EDUCATION RESEARCHER sent to discover best practices in urban schools so that you can replicate them to create results for more kids—kids who you believe are trapped […]
Posted inHealth Care
Sudders takes wrong tack on drug costs Â
MARYLOU SUDDERS, the Baker administration’s secretary of health and human services, is a model public servant. Honest, smart, and an advocate for vulnerable people, the Commonwealth is lucky to have […]
Posted inOpinion
State’s manufacturing past is part of the future
THE DIVERSITY OF the Massachusetts economy is one of its strengths. Our leading positions in health care, higher education, technology, and the life sciences have allowed the Commonwealth to thrive […]
Posted inOpinion
New civics education law misses the mark
WHEN THE NATION has an itch, the schools get a scratch. As a result, Massachusetts students are getting a new civics requirement, which Charlie Baker signed into law Thursday. Many […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Baker shows a Republican can do well in cities
ON HIS WAY to a landslide victory this week, Charlie Baker did something unusual for a Republican these days. He won urban areas, pulling 55 percent in the state’s 20 […]
Posted inOpinion
Baker faces big challenges on education, transportation
NO REPUBLICAN in more than 60 years has governed Massachusetts for two full terms. Charlie Baker has been pretty clear about what he plans to do with the next four […]