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, […]
3 Boston institutions finance NC solar farm
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 […]
Posted inTransportation
Union: T overstates privatization savings
THE UNION REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES in the MBTA’s cash collection and counting operation said on Monday that privatization of the work will yield savings of $330,000 in the first year, not […]
Posted inHealth Care
Prices biggest cause for rising health costs
IT’S THE PRICE, stupid. That was the message delivered at the first day of annual state hearings on health care cost trends with experts and officials pointing the finger at […]
Posted inTransportation
T officials target Green Line derailments
MBTA OFFICIALS ON MONDAY said they are taking a number of steps to reduce Green Line derailments, of which there have been 10 since the beginning of 2015. Jeff Gonneville, […]
Posted inTransportation
T board green-lights fare collection bid process
THE MBTA’S OVERSIGHT BOARD on Monday gave the transit agency’s staff a green light to put out a request for proposals for companies to design, build, finance, operate, maintain, and […]
Posted inTransportation
Baker: ‘Acts of God’ justify fine waivers for Keolis
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said waiving the fines against Keolis for “acts of God” during the brutal winter of 2015 was the right thing to do but insisted the commuter rail […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Don’t gamble with Massachusetts students’ future
ON NOVEMBER 8, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to lift the cap on charter schools, eliminating a major constraint on charter school formation and expansion in the Commonwealth. Proponents of […]
Posted inThe Download
Guns, gangs, and toddlers
There is often very little daylight between victims and victimizers in the mayhem caused by gang-fueled gun violence. Sometimes that is the case figuratively, with today’s target of a gang […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Foreign policy context of Clinton-Trump race
Third of five parts. THE TWO MEN WHO SOUGHT the presidency in 1960 shared one important distinction: they were, respectively, the first nominees of each major political party born in the 20th Century. Both Richard Nixon and John Kennedy were, […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Baker projects $295m deficit for this year
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE CONTINUING TO CHASE after state budget solutions, Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration on Friday identified what it sees as a $295 million deficit in the $39.25 billion […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Charting the path to zero carbon emissions
CLIMATE POLICY is in a holding pattern. The D.C. Circuit court is deliberating on the future of EPA’s “Clean Power Plan” regulation of carbon pollution from existing power plants. Stakeholders […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 22: Does DCR need fiscal control board?
What should be done? The Codcast talks with Whitney Hatch, chairman of the DCR Stewardship Council, and Stephen Pritchard, who spent four years in the administration of former governor Mitt […]
Posted inState House News Service, The Download
The Codcast: Does DCR need fiscal control board?
Where do you begin with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the agency that oversees the state’s parks as well as dams, piers, ice rinks, pools, and even bocce […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Transportation
Which way on VMT?
MAYBE THE STATE Department of Transportation didn’t get the memo. In August, Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a provision in a transportation bond bill directing the Transportation Department to seek federal […]
Posted inThe Download
An MBTA privatization do-over?
Call it politicians’ version of buyer’s remorse. The misgivings and backtracking of Republicans who had reluctantly endorsed Donald Trump? No, we speak of the local version now playing itself out, […]
Posted inPolitics
In Lowell, higher salaries for a higher purpose
THE LOWELL CITY COUNCIL is giving itself and the city school board raises on the order of 67 to 100 percent, purportedly as a way to attract a more diverse […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA privatization comes with tradeoffs
MORE THAN 20 state, federal, and Boston lawmakers rallied with MBTA union leaders at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday to protest privatization, with several officials lamenting the transit agency’s decision to […]