THE EARL OF SANDWICH is struggling financially at its Boston Common restaurant location, with losses mounting and revenues declining. The city of Boston hasn’t taken a hit—rental payments to the […]
Sandwich shop struggling on Boston Common
Posted inEconomy, Education, Opinion
The income-growth challenge in Gateway Cities
IT’S POSSIBLE FOR an economy to grow in ways that expand opportunity and promote broadly shared prosperity. We know that’s possible because it’s exactly what happened in the United States […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Microphilanthropy
Addressing hunger at Bunker Hill CC
Microphilanthropy is an occasional feature that calls attention to small acts of generosity that people do for the benefit of others and highlights little-known needs that could benefit from generosity, […]
Posted inPolitics
To caucus or not to caucus
CAUCUSES ARE NOT clandestine cabals requiring a secret handshake and special door knock to get into the room, except perhaps for the Democratic and Republican legislative caucuses. In Massachusetts, in […]
Posted inEconomy
Boston garage sale stirs worries
THE CITY OF Boston used to sell off rundown municipal garages for development all the time by itself, but it’s taking a different tack with the old Winthrop Square Garage, […]
Posted inEducation
Southbridge schools get fresh start
THE NEWS WAS not unexpected when the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted in January to put the Southbridge schools into receivership. The small central Massachusetts district of […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Opinion
Harvard’s blank canvas
I WAS STANDING on the roof of the Doubletree Hotel along Soldiers Field Road, looking down at what could easily be described as a whole lot of nothing. But that […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Temporary helistop coming as early as Sept.
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ONE OF THE POTENTIAL FRUITS of General Electric’s deal to move to Boston – a full heliport – could be established in Boston and a state […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA board gives $15m lift to Keolis
THE MBTA’S OVERSIGHT BOARD on Monday approved a series of maintenance, repair, and scheduling changes for commuter rail service that are expected to improve on-time performance and boost the income […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
On college costs, little relief in sight
US students carry $1.2 trillion in college debt — and Massachusetts is set to do its part to keep that staggering figure growing. The Globe reports today that all of […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Baker signs transgender legislation
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Friday afternoon signed into law legislation protecting transgender people from discrimination in public places, less than a day after the legislation hit […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Baker ‘rightsizes’ the state budget
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKERÂ signed a $38.92 billion annual budget on Friday, slashing $256 million in spending from a plan approved by the Legislature last week as part […]
Posted inEnvironment
Pipeline firm makes case for more natural gas
THE COMPANY TRYING TO EXPAND a major natural gas pipeline coming into New England said on Friday that the growing opposition in the Legislature is failing to recognize that more […]
Posted inDrug Addiction, Economy, Politics
Top pols say just vote no
THE STATE’S TOP elected officials from both sides of the aisle made a powerful political appeal to oppose the ballot question that would legalize the adult use and commercial sale […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Guns, Opinion
A time to heal
THE MURDER OF two black men at the hands of the police earlier this week and the killing of five law enforcement officers in Dallas Thursday night is a double […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Mass. should insist on burial of NH power line
AS MASSACHUSETTS WORKS to reduce reliance on carbon-generated electricity, neighboring New Hampshire is fearful of becoming a muddy doormat between Quebec and Boston. Hydro-Quebec wants to export more of its […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Baker emotional about tragedies
What follows is a statement Gov. Charles Baker delivered prior to a press conference on Friday dealing with a marijuana legalization ballot question. Baker, who spoke without notes, seemed on […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 10: Crunch time for ride-hailing bills
Sen. Eric Lesser of Longmeadow, one of the members on the panel that wrote the Senate’s final version, and Christopher English, policy analyst and project manager for the city of […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Advice for Beacon Hill energy conferees
THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE AND SENATE are to be commended for passing important energy legislation in recent weeks. Both bills represent the most important steps forward to date to further the […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download, Transportation
The Codcast: Crunch time for ride-hailing bills
The House and Senate have finally named their representatives to the conference committee that will hammer out a compromise on competing bills to regulate ride-hailing companies but whatever the final […]
Posted inThe Download
HuffPo’s indictment of Ortiz
Mayor Marty Walsh and his minions may be disavowing any role in jumpstarting a Huffington Post takedown of US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t thrilled to […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics, State House News Service
Baker plans budget amendment on licenses
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER CONCERNS WERE RAISED in the Legislature and the press, Gov. Charlie Baker plans to file a state budget amendment seeking to ensure that those in […]
Posted inBallot Questions, Gambling, Politics, The Back Story
The oddball ballot question
One of the four questions certified for the November ballot is a political oddity. Most ballot question proponents are hungry for publicity, eager to get their point of view before […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Deal reached on transgender legislation
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A deal to protect transgender individuals in places of public accommodation, such as restaurants, locker room,s and pools, was struck Wednesday between House and Senate negotiators. […]