OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND, fans gathered at TD Garden to witness a spectacle unlike any previously hosted at the venue. The stage and venue configuration were similar to what one […]
Are esports really sports?
Posted inEducation
A promise to Dreamers worth keeping
AS STUDENTS RETURN to school this week, many will face the humdrum childhood challenges that each new year brings – subjects to conquer, friends to meet, and challenges to overcome. […]
Posted inTransportation
Reform before revenue debate rages on
DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE SETTI WARREN on Friday rode the Red Line into Boston with a Suffolk University student and afterwards told reporters the state needs to invest more in the […]
Posted inThe Download
Assault on Title IX
The number of reported rapes and sexual assaults on college campuses has been on the rise in recent years but not because of more attacks, according to officials. The increase […]
Posted inEconomy
Where have all the children gone?
EVERY 10 YEARS, the Massachusetts Legislature must go about the arduous task of redistricting our House and Senate districts. Because of the continued shift in population within the state, each […]
Posted inThe Back Story
MBTA rolls out new transit ambassadors
THE MBTA IS STARTING to ramp up its new transit ambassador program, its latest bid to improve service using private contractors. Transit ambassadors, wearing bright red shirts emblazoned with […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 65: New pot czar a breath of fresh air
Steven Hoffman was successful at just about everything he did during his long business management career but, even by his own admission, his latest venture was proving difficult to master. […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: New pot czar a breath of fresh air
Steven Hoffman was successful at just about everything he did during his long business management career but, even by his own admission, his latest venture was proving difficult to master. […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker’s health care advice to Congress
The following is a transcript of Gov. Charlie Baker’s prepared testimony on Thursday before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY to […]
Posted inPolitics
Healey approves 21 initiative petitions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TWENTY-ONE INITIATIVE PETITIONS, including proposals to raise the minimum wage and lower the sales tax, are one step closer to appearing before voters after clearing Attorney […]
Posted inPolitics
New pot czar has inhaled
DESPITE VOTING AGAINST the referendum to legalize marijuana last November, Steven Hoffman, the chairman of the new state board charged with regulating the nascent retail pot industry, said he thinks […]
Posted inThe Download
Trump’s DACA dodge
So solving one important part of the immigration reform puzzle is now all up to a Congress that hasn’t been able to organize a two-car funeral. Trying to appease his […]
Posted inPolitics
Trump ends DACA; Markey says Congress will respond
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION on Tuesday ordered an end to an executive branch program shielding young undocumented immigrants from deportation, prompting an outpouring of opposition from top officials in Massachusetts. The […]
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Cannabis Commission may be scrambling for funds
THE STATE COMMISSION CHARGED with implementing the new legal marijuana law is starting its work with no money in its coffers and uncertainty about whether it will have sufficient funds […]
Posted inEducation
School zone legislation is right move
I AM HERE today to express my support for House Bill 304, An Act To Promote Autonomy and Success in Schools, otherwise known as the PASS Act, as I believe […]
Posted inThe Download
Stacked deck at Cannabis Commission
Gov. Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey, and Treasurer Deborah Goldberg stacked the Cannabis Control Commission with people who voted against legalizing recreational marijuana. Four of the five appointees voted […]
Posted inEconomy
Unions are still vital
THIS LABOR DAY, let’s forego the usual doom-and-gloom about a supposedly dying American union movement. The labor movement is alive, well, and shaping this country in ways all reasonable Americans […]
Posted inOpinion
Digital news is faster – not better
I GUESS YOU could call it a bribe. An old fellow and his wife tottered into the newsroom, where I was editor of the Somerville Journal, and proudly said their […]
Posted inEnvironment
Monument tradeoffs are necessary
CAN ANYONE REALLY SAY why there is such an outcry about the establishment of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument? It is doubtful that a majority of those […]
Posted inTransportation
Privatization at the T isn’t the solution
THREE YEARS BEFORE BOSTON opened America’s first subway, railway workers were the catalyst for labor being recognized with a federal holiday. In 1894 George Pullman, facing financial pressure, cut the […]
Posted inTransportation
T cites $400m in Pacheco Law waiver savings
THE MBTA EXPECTS TO SAVE more than $400 million in operating and avoided capital expenses over the next 10 years because of privatization initiatives engineered under a waiver from the […]
Posted inPolitics
Majority of pot board opposed referendum
THE NEW CANNABIS Control Commission is now complete but, with the appointment of yet two more members who voted against the ballot question to legalize marijuana, the panel has a […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Reducing power plant emissions is not enough
AS A SHELLSHOCKED NATION assesses the damage of Hurricane Harvey, scientists are pointing to warming oceans and rising sea levels as key culprits behind one of the most expensive natural […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 64: The immigration reform challenge
With last year’s election of Donald Trump, complete with his campaign talk about about bad hombres and Mexican rapists, it’s hard to feel too optimistic about the prospects for comprehensive […]