INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS between leading businesses and schools at every level across the state are helping to shape a future workforce that will give the Commonwealth a key competitive edge in […]
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Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
With renewables, intermittency is a problem
Progress continues in the New England clean energy revolution: Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island recently announced their intention to negotiate seven power contracts with wind and solar developers selected through […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Pipelines are obsolete technology
I STRENUOUSLY DISAGREE with the recent opinion piece by Ian Bowles in which he argues that, “with rapid departure of all of the remaining coal and nuclear power plants in Massachusetts, […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Bickford’s Baker challenge
State Democrats named Gus Bickford their party chairman and offered up some hints about how they plan to take on Gov. Charlie Baker in 2018. Bickford, who beat out a […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
South Station commuter rail accident unreported
A PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED incident in which a commuter rail train that struck a bumper at South Station was similar to an accident in Hoboken, NJ, earlier in the fall that […]
Posted inTransportation
T eyes increase in executive salaries
DESPITE THE MBTA’s reputation as a wasteful state agency bloated with overpaid employees, the board that oversees the agency thinks upper management is underpaid and that low-balling those positions will […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
What I told my students after the election
ONE OF THE biggest things that kept me awake on Tuesday night was how I would help my eighth grade civics class process this election, especially since I spent Tuesday’s […]
Posted inThe Download
Unpopular vote
President Samuel J. Tilden. Ring a bell? Probably not since he lost. Tilden was the first of four presidential candidates in American history to fall victim to the Electoral College, winning […]
Posted inEducation
Charter backers get schooled
NEARLY A YEAR AGO, charter school proponents threatened to force a statewide debate on education issues by mounting a ballot campaign lift the cap on charters schools. Be careful what […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
Good health goes beyond health care
WITH MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION Massachusetts residents covered by MassHealth at a cost of more than $15 billion, there is no doubt that Massachusetts is committed to ensuring that care […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 27: Keolis was on the verge of walking away
A member of the MBTA’s oversight board said the transit agency’s commuter rail operator was on the verge of walking away from its $2.68 billion contract earlier this year when […]
Posted inState House News Service, The Download
MA losing casino chess game
Rhode Island and Connecticut seem determined to keep luring as many gamblers out of Massachusetts as they can. Rhode Island voters and residents of Tiverton, Rhode Island, approved separate ballot […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics
Mapping incarceration in Boston
LARGE SWATHS OF mostly minority Boston neighborhoods are so heavily affected by the criminal justice system that nearly every street has a resident who has spent time in jail, a […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Transportation
Lang: Keolis was on verge of walking away
A MEMBER OF THE MBTA’S oversight board said the transit agency’s commuter rail operator was on the verge of walking away from its $2.68 billion contract earlier this year when […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Warren sets rules of engagement
THIS WASN’T A PRETTY ELECTION. In fact, it was ugly, and we should not sugarcoat the reason why. Donald Trump ran a campaign that started with racial attacks and then […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 26: The shock heard ’round the world
Steve Koczela of the MassINC Polling Group and Politico’s Lauren Dezenski join The Codcast to take stock of the jaw-dropping turn of events.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
MA must continue to lead on energy
A NEW PRESIDENT always means change in key public policy matters. Before sharing my thoughts about what this transition means for our energy priorities in Massachusetts, I want to share […]
Posted inThe Download
Baker’s weak back
It wasn’t exactly Celtics’ player Cedric Maxwell exhorting his teammates “climb on my back, boys,” before carrying the team to victory in the 1984 NBA playoffs but Gov. Charlie Baker hoped […]
Posted inPolitics
Tom Brady voting record: Incomplete
TOM BRADY FOUND himself at the center of a storm over his possible vote for his friend Donald Trump for president. But it turns out his ballot may not even be counted. […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
After charter defeat, Baker looks to close achievement gap
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE REJECTED BY THE voters in his bid for an expansion of charter school access, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday he will explore other means of reducing […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
The shock heard ‘round the world
DONALD TRUMP WAS elected president, upending the expectations set by virtually every poll going into Tuesday’s election. He won despite alienating and attacking everyone from Hispanics to Gold Star families, […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Baker seeks changes in pot law
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS just said yes to legalizing marijuana Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker, an outspoken opponent of the referendum, said he wants a more efficient process […]
Posted inThe Download
Marginal errors
The ground shook at 10:25 Tuesday night. There were still a number of battleground states with incomplete results and polls remained open on the West Coast but the presidential race […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
The self-examination begins
WE’RE ALL TRYING to figure out how it came to pass that Donald Trump is now our President-elect. Here are three key takeaways from last night’s vote. American politics has […]