If anyone knows about the scrutiny of mega-corporations gobbling up competition, it should be AT&T, which will be under the microscope with its announced plan to merge with Time Warner in […]
Ma Bell reincarnated?
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Measuring the impact of offshore wind, hydro
PURCHASES OF LARGE-SCALE hydroelectric and offshore wind resources as required by the recently passed energy law would reduce the state’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by 9 percent at a cost […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
State tracks pot plants with helicopters
MASSACHUSETTS DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA in 2008, legalized medical marijuana in 2012, and is about to vote on legalizing recreational marijuana, but that hasn’t stopped the State Police and the National Guard […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
US needs a mobility moonshot
Fourth in a series THERE WAS A BRIEF PERIOD, in muscular, post-war, auto-centric America, when the Democratic nominee for president would officially commence the general election campaign with a large […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Transportation investments needed one way or another
AS THE OLD saying goes, “where there’s a will, there’s a way.” But here in Massachusetts, despite a growing chorus of support for increasing investment in infrastructure, we are not demonstrating […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
It’s not anti-charter to oppose lifting cap
NEXT MONTH’S BALLOT question on statewide charter school growth may seem like a stark choice between two systems: local district schools or state-chartered institutions. But that’s not the case. Charter […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 23: Smoke and mirrors
Both sides of the debate over the ballot question to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana are running television ads in the final weeks of the campaign and it’s safe […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: Smoke and mirrors
Both sides of the debate over the ballot question to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana are running television ads in the final weeks of the campaign and it’s safe […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Gants launches study of racial disparities in incarceration
THE STATE MUST confront racial disparities in imprisonment rates and move to “reimagine” a flawed criminal justice system to focus less on incarceration and more on lowering recidivism, Supreme Judicial […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
$1b Children’s Hospital expansion approved
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE State health officials on Thursday gave Boston Children’s Hospital the green light to move forward with a controversial $1 billion expansion. The Public Health Council voted […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Clinton’s debate victory margins historic
HILLARY CLINTON ADMINISTERED a historic thumping to Donald Trump in the three presidential debates. The candidates met Wednesday night for the third and final time, and the outcome was the […]
Posted inTransportation
Walsh talking with Baker on T privatization
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH appears to be working behind the scenes to find common ground between MBTA unions and Gov. Charlie Baker on privatization efforts at the transit agency. At […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
What’s Schilling’s game?
Curt Schilling is running. The question is for what. Schilling, the bomb-throwing righty on and off the mound, has made no secret of his desire to be the guy to […]
Posted inThe Download
Trump trips, big league
When it comes to playing in the political major league, Donald Trump is truly an apprentice. His campaign already looked close to dead going into last night’s final debate. Trump […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Moulton pitches N-S rail link
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CLOSING THE 1.2-MILE VOID between Boston’s North and South stations is the final puzzle piece to a unified northeast rail corridor and would better connect the […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Three must-do steps for Congress
TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, Americans are fed up with our political process and disillusioned by a dysfunctional government. It can’t get much worse. The critical question is: can we fix […]
Posted inEnvironment
3 Boston institutions finance NC solar farm
THREE BOSTON-AREA INSTITUTIONS are financing the construction of one of the largest renewable energy projects in the United States, a 60-megawatt solar farm in North Carolina. MIT, Boston Medical Center, […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics
Warren redistributes solar income
NEWTON MAYOR SETTI WARREN announced a small solar project on Wednesday that will slightly trim the city’s electric bill and funnel the bulk of the savings to about 1,250 low-income […]
Posted inHealth Care
Protected: Humble pie for Massachusetts health
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Posted inThe Download
Slot questions come up lemons
Revere residents said “no, thanks,” to a proposed slots parlor in their burg yesterday, but they don’t have the last word. The Revere special election ballot question was nonbinding but state […]
Posted inHealth Care
Improving health outcomes through social services
WHAT IF THE answer to ever-rising health care costs doesn’t lie in figuring out better ways to deliver medical care, but in things like ensuring access to good nutrition, adequate […]
Posted inHealth Care
State agency examines pricing of drugs
FOUR EXPERTS on prescribing, paying for, and manufacturing pharmaceuticals on Tuesday offered the state’s Health Policy Commission a series of recommendations on how to curb rising drug costs, but first […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Goldberg cuts ties with Wells Fargo
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS TREASURER DEB GOLDBERG has instructed her debt management deputies to immediately remove Wells Fargo from their approved list of underwriters for one year. Four Massachusetts […]
Posted inThe Download
Wellesley police chief in spotlight
Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham, who is serving as president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, apologized on Monday at the organization’s annual conference for “the role that […]