SOUTH COAST RAIL project officials said phasing in the new line by running it through Middleboro not only gets the service operating years ahead of time, it gives the line […]
DOT notes: Big rail projects and small bridges
Posted inTransportation
T eyes hikes for fares, parking fees
MBTA OFFICIALS CRACKED open the door to a fare hike and increases in parking fees by the beginning of next year as the cash-strapped agency, despite cuts and privatization efforts, […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 84: The nuclear option for Wynn Resorts
Could the Massachusetts Gaming Commission really pull the plug on the $2.4 billion Wynn Resorts hotel and casino going up in Everett?
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: The nuclear option for Wynn Resorts
Could the Massachusetts Gaming Commission really pull the plug on the $2.4 billion Wynn Resorts hotel and casino going up in Everett? Chip Tuttle and Jay Gonzalez are at the […]
Posted inOpinion
We can tackle traffic congestion
THE FACTS ARE IN and they aren’t pretty. Metro Boston ranks in the top tier of regions suffering from severe, chronic traffic congestion. You knew that, didn’t you? You’ve been […]
Posted inOpinion
DAs need to be held accountable
WHO ARE THE MOST POWERFUL people in the criminal justice system? A lot of people quickly say, judges. The real answer: district attorneys. Look no further than the timely case […]
Posted inOpinion
Forget Quebec, look offshore for power
THE SELECTION AND THEN REJECTION of the Northern Pass project is proving to be a remarkably important moment of reckoning about Massachusetts’ energy future. For beyond the desirability of Northern […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn: No plans to sell company stock
STEVE WYNN told Wynn Resorts on Friday that he has no “immediate plans” to sell shares he owns in the company, according to a company filing with the Securities and […]
Posted inEnvironment
Utilities find no common ground on N. Pass
THE STATE’S UTILITIES blew through a deadline on Friday to come up with a decision or at least a series of next steps for dealing with the fallout from the […]
Posted inOpinion
Beware the Coalition for Sustainable Energy
YET ANOTHER PRO-GAS lobbying group forms, this time just as the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change prepares to release its omnibus energy bill. Prompting eye-rolls among clean […]
Posted inThe Download
The race to get pot regs
One of the key components in legalizing marijuana for those who backed the referendum was to ensure equitable access to the market by disadvantaged communities, especially communities of color who have […]
Posted inTransportation
Transportation commission won’t look at revenues, financing
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S new commission on the future of transportation will try to envision how people will be moving around the region 10 to 20 years from now, but it […]
Posted inOpinion
Pressley is a ‘breath of fresh air’
IN JACK SULLIVAN’S January 31st Daily Download item about the 7th Congressional District race between Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and Congressman Michael Capuano, he used several Super Bowl analogies, […]
Posted inOpinion
State school rankings ‘virtually worthless’
THE FIRST DEADLINE for enrolling students next fall in a Boston school is this week. Consequently, many parents are scrambling under the district’s controlled choice system to find the best […]
Posted inThe Back Story
Trump makes it easier to not pay interns
The Trump administration just made it a lot easier for for-profit employers to legally benefit from the work of interns and not have to pay them, according to new rules […]
Posted inThe Download
Draining the swamp? Not so much.
If there was one thing that a sharply divided electorate agreed on in 2016, says Diane Hessan, it was on the need to “drain the swamp.” The corrupted stew of […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker, Trump budgets disappointing for transportation
IF YOU THOUGHT we might have turned a corner generating political support for what most of the public appears to want – a more resilient, reliable, sustainable transportation network – […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mass. business groups push natural gas
ON A DAY WHEN the Baker administration touted 2,000 megawatts of installed solar capacity in Massachusetts, the leaders of eight Bay State business groups appealed to Beacon Hill leaders to […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn Resorts probe far from over
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission said Steve Wynn’s resignation as CEO and chairman of Wynn Resorts will be a factor in the agency’s investigation of the company […]
Posted inPolitics
Chandler no longer “acting”
SENATE DEMOCRATS AGREED to remove the “acting” title from Senate President Harriette Chandler for the remainder of the year before holding an election for a new president, deciding the storm […]
Posted inEnvironment
Silver lining in Northern Pass collapse
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER HAS another chance to deliver the affordable, reliable and clean energy that Massachusetts families and businesses want. His first decision, a proposal to export our energy dollars […]
Posted inOpinion
Steve Wynn’s departure doesn’t make Wynn Resorts suitable
STEVE WYNN HAS RESIGNED as the CEO of his company in the wake of a bombshell Wall Street Journal report that alleged a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct. His resignation, […]
Posted inThe Download
Sharp elbows in fight to replace Rosenberg
It’s pretty much a given now that former Senate President Stan Rosenberg will remain just that – former – and the possibility exists he may not even remain in the Senate. […]
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SJC justices mull millionaires’ tax
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT justices peppered lawyers with questions on Tuesday morning on an appeal challenging a proposed state ballot question to raise taxes on high earners, with judges repeatedly questioning […]