IT’S TIME FOR our nation’s health care leaders to stand up against those who denigrate the nation’s invaluable Medicaid program. Such talk is wrong-headed, usually untrue, and counter-productive to the […]
Instead of attacking Medicaid, let’s celebrate its innovations
Posted inOpinion
A disability shouldn’t be a handicap
“EXCUSE ME, DO you need that parking space? Because my 85-year-old mother does.” My sister, Maria, and I turned our heads to see a middle-aged woman scowling at us moments […]
Posted inPolitics
Boston city council races reflect change – and tradition
THEODORE H. WHITE WROTE many years ago that the life of a city is like a ballet. Anybody who has studied the American city, specifically the City of Boston, understands […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 72: Subsidizing congestion
Everyone knows about traffic congestion in Boston. It’s why we’re often late for meetings. It’s why sightseeing firms are paring back their tours because the tourists are spending too much […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: Subsidizing congestion
Everyone knows about traffic congestion in Boston. It’s why we’re often late for meetings. It’s why sightseeing firms are paring back their tours because the tourists are spending too much […]
Posted inEconomy, Environment, State House News Service
Eversource puts tab for memberships on ratepayers
EVERSOURCE ENERGY is pushing for state approval of a $284 million rate hike, and tucked inside all the documentation is paperwork seeking reimbursement for annual membership fees and dues the company pays to 74 business organizations and trade groups. In […]
Posted inEnvironment
DPU reviewing report’s pipeline claims
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES launched “a thorough review” of allegations in a recent report that Eversource Energy and Avangrid Inc. artificially constrained natural gas pipeline capacity in New […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Criminal justice bill can be game changer for young adults
THE COMMONWEALTH’S criminal justice reform efforts offer a unique opportunity to achieve a triple impact: improve public safety, reduce public spending on crime prevention, and redefine futures for our highest-risk […]
Posted inThe Download
With Sanders, affordable housing feels the burn
What do Bernie Sanders and Boston area development battles have to do with each other? Not much. Or at least they didn’t — until Vermont’s socialist senator parachuted into the […]
Posted inOlympics
Fact-checking Walsh’s Olympics claim
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH said during Tuesday night’s mayoral debate that he pulled the plug on the city’s Olympics bid. “I was the person who actually pulled out of the […]
Posted inPolitics
Amazon vs. marijuana
WHEN A CHICOPEE woman won the record-setting Powerball jackpot in August, lost in the cacophony were the two $1 million winning tickets sold in Dorchester and Watertown. Despite the disappointment […]
Posted inThe Download
Does GOP infighting matter?
Republicans in Washington are eating their own. US Sens. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, on their way out the door, have unleashed themselves to attack President Trump and his […]
Posted inPolitics
Top Baker aide offers sex offender fixes
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN RESPONSE TO A CRITICAL AUDIT, the state’s top public safety official on Tuesday outlined changes that could be made at the agency tasked with monitoring […]
Posted inOpinion
Boston’s embrace of political predictability
THE EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD I grew up in was abuzz that late summer evening in 1967. The Community Club was our neighborhood “men’s club,” a place for mid-century male camaraderie […]
Posted inThe Download
The bidding war for Amazon
Massachusetts chose not to specify what tax breaks it would offer Amazon if the tech giant located its second headquarters here, but other states and cities appear to be raising […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
Partners hospitals decry ‘legislative attack’
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Plans to tackle hospital pricing are emerging as a flashpoint in the Senate’s health care reform bill, with the head of Massachusetts General Hospital decrying an […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Green Line ext. clears pricing hurdle
MBTA OFFICIALS SAID they were relieved on Monday when they learned two of the three bidders on the Green Line extension could do the construction work within the transit agency’s […]
Posted inTransportation
T: Fare collection to be public-private partnership
THE MBTA IS PLANNING to build a new automated fare collection system using what officials are calling a public-private partnership. The new fare collection system, dubbed AFC 2.0, is expected […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA ridership on downward trend
MBTA RIDERSHIP generally trended downward over the last three years, with officials saying the available evidence suggests a portion of the system’s riders are taking fewer trips on the T […]
Posted inThe Download
Her, too
The young law professor, excited about her new post, thought nothing of it when an older colleague asked that she come to his office, even though the man had a […]
Posted inOpinion
Alzheimer’s a growing public health crisis
STATE SEN. BARBARA L’ITALIEN’s mother, Claire, lived with her and her family for 20 years near the end of her life. Claire helped raise Barbara’s four children, enabled Barbara to […]
Posted inOpinion
Humira, a money-making machine, rolls on
IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED that US healthcare expenditures are dramatically higher than any other developed country by all measures. The total amount spent, the per capita cost, and the percentage […]
Posted inOpinion
Domestic violence, homelessness linked
CONGRESS HAS ESTABLISHED October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, marking a time to celebrate survivors, to grieve for those who have died, and to pay tribute to advocates who work tirelessly […]
Posted inEconomy
State officials unveil their Amazon proposal
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FROM THE HOME of the New England Patriots to a mall in Leominster to oceanfront property in Lynn, 26 different sites in Massachusetts want to host […]
