THE STATE’S LEGAL MARIJUANA era started with a bang, or, by mid-morning for some early customers, perhaps a buzz. There was a celebratory feel at the first two retail outlets […]
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Posted inEconomy
Weather doesn’t dampen first day of pot sales
PARIS COLEMAN DIDN’T even know how to pronounce Leicester, and most assuredly had never visited the aging mill city in the northern Blackstone River Valley. But the 26-year-old New England […]
Posted inEconomy
Union to offer Grid a counterproposal
STATE HOUSE NEWS NATIONAL GRID and representatives of its more than 1,200 locked-out gas workers plan to meet for more contract talks on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. “The union […]
Posted inOpinion
More work needed on Mass. reproductive laws
IN EARLY 2018, Donald Trump addressed an anti-choice rally, proclaiming “Americans are more and more pro-life, you see that all the time.” Not only was President Trump wrong about the […]
Posted inPolitics
Moulton coming under fire for Pelosi stance
US Rep. Seth Moulton is taking heat locally and in Washington for his opposition to Nancy Pelosi as the next House speaker, but his biggest problem seems to be the […]
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Moulton coming under fire for Pelosi stance
US Rep. Seth Moulton is taking heat locally and in Washington for his opposition to Nancy Pelosi as the next House speaker, but his biggest problem seems to be the […]
Posted inTransportation
Boston to boom, west and Cape shrink by 2040
THE STATE IS to grow by more than 13 percent by the year 2040 but much of that increase will balloon in and around Boston, with households shrinking and the […]
Posted inTransportation
Dukakis, Weld make last push for rail link
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNORS Michael Dukakis and William Weld made one more push for state officials to revisit their $12 billion cost estimates for a connector tunnel between South and North […]
Posted inPolitics
Pols putting pressure on National Grid
Momentum seems to be building on Beacon Hill, particularly in the generally more conservative House, to hold a hearing on precedent-setting legislation that would thrust the state into the middle […]
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Pols putting pressure on National Grid
Momentum seems to be building on Beacon Hill, particularly in the generally more conservative House, to hold a hearing on precedent-setting legislation that would thrust the state into the middle […]
Posted inOpinion
Pot legalization exposes generation gap in local government
MORE THAN TWO YEARS after voters passed Question 4 to legalize adult-use cannabis, retail sales are about to finally begin. It promises to be a remarkable moment but also a […]
Posted inOpinion
Getting to better health care at lower cost
FOR YEARS, “MAUREEN” struggled to manage her diabetes while battling cardiac illness, asthma, and other chronic health issues. The 70-year-old Boston-area resident was not eating well and was severely overweight […]
Posted inOpinion
Politics, not law, guiding Healey on Exxon suit
IN THE AGE OF TRUMPISM, political and legal norms are regularly cast aside. The ends, we are told, justify the means. It is in this context that businesses, particularly manufacturers, […]
Posted inOpinion
Tackling transgender health disparities
MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS SOUNDLY rejected efforts to allow discrimination against transgender individuals – upholding the current law that protects them from unfair treatment. Despite this positive news, there are continuing efforts […]
Posted inEconomy
The lamp is lit
MORE THAN TWO years after voters approved legal recreational marijuana sales and use, the doors of the first retail outlets east of the Mississippi will finally swing open on Tuesday […]
Posted inOpinion
Let’s encourage offshore wind competition
THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR’S Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced last month that it will auction three new wind energy lease areas off the Massachusetts coast, instead of the two […]
Posted inNews Analysis
For GOP, is the lesson be more like Charlie?
MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS suffered yet another electoral drubbing last week. Apart from Gov. Charlie Baker, every Republican candidate for statewide office got trounced by 24 to 46 point margins, based on […]
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 […]
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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 […]