Linda Henry, the CEO and co-owner of the Globe, said the turnabout on podcasts was driven by the realization that audio journalism may be compelling but does not attract subscribers.
After hiring new staff, Globe changes its mind on podcast
Posted inHealth Care
Where is state leadership on Steward, other critical health care issues?
“There needs to be a state plan that says, ‘here are our values, here’s what matters to us, and here’s what we need to try to preserve, protect, and defend,’” John McDonough said
Posted inThe Codcast
What’s next for Steward’s hospitals?
This week on the Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith is joined by Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute and John McDonough of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to discuss the current state of the Steward Health Care bankruptcy, as well as what healthcare policy measures did and didn’t make it through the end of the legislative session.
Posted inOpinion
Transportation plans need holistic approach — and significant funding
The state’s new mobility management pilot aims to bring together organizations operating these fragmented services to coordinate better. But you can’t connect people to services that don’t exist or don’t operate when needed. That requires a holistic approach and substantial funding.
Posted inOpinion
How AI could enhance policing
Artificial intelligence could be harnessed to analyze thousands of hours of police body cam recordings and provide valuable feedback on decision-making across the range of situations officers encounter each day.
Posted inPolitics
Political Notebook: Registered opposition | Karen Read crowd | Super PAC shuts down
Voters are often surprised to see their names at the bottom of the ballot, where the obscure county contests appear. But occasionally races for such positions become the most intriguing campaigns available.
Posted inHousing
Winthrop is latest front in MBTA Communities fight
Winthrop is emerging as the next battlefront in the effort to address the state housing shortage through the MBTA Communities act, with residents there bridling at the state mandate to approve new zoning for multi-family housing.
Posted inOpinion
Mass. takes major step toward child care reform
With the funding and other provisions included in the 2025 state budget Gov. Maura Healey signed last week, Massachusetts is poised to become a national leader when it comes to child care reform.
Posted inState Government
Can a legislative audit shine light on legislative gridlock?
Against the backdrop of the less-than-stellar end to the Legislature’s two-year session, state Auditor Diana DiZoglio explains what the ballot campaign she’s leading, which calls for her office to audit the Legislature, could and couldn’t do to fix what ails things there.
Posted inEducation
Ballot campaign to end MCAS graduation requirement gets underway
AS PART OF what’s likely to be a costly battle over high school testing standards, a union-backed group on Thursday launched its effort to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement. […]
Posted inHousing
Protest planned on eve of possible shelter evictions
The day before dozens of families are scheduled to be evicted from Massachusetts shelters, protestors plan to hold a vigil at the State House Thursday over new restrictions Gov. Maura Healey made to the family shelter system.
Posted inOpinion
Could a rush to embrace new advances in cancer screening do more harm than good?
Scientists are racing to develop new screening tests for cancer, but there’s a risk that these tests will be approved for widespread use without knowing whether they save enough lives to justify any harm that may result from their broad adoption.
Posted inHousing
Report finds Greater Boston’s homelessness rate is second highest nationally
A new Boston Indicators report lays out the “best and worst” of Greater Boston homelessness policy. The region has the second highest rate of homelessness among large US cities, but the eight lowest number of unhoused residents left without shelter.
Posted inHousing
As Healey signs housing bill, advocates lament what was left out
AS GOV. MAURA HEALEY and lawmakers celebrated what they called “historic” housing legislation getting signed into law Tuesday, some of the advocates credited with influencing the bill say it is […]
Posted inPolitics
After Wu voices disappointment with Senate inaction on tax bill, Spilka hits back
After Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said homeowners would have the state Senate to blame if Beacon Hill doesn’t pass legislation shifting more of the city’s tax burden onto commercial property owners, Senate President Karen Spilka made it clear she was not pleased with the comment.
Posted inEnergy
Healey urged to go big on offshore wind procurement
In the debate over whether the state should go big or small in this week’s offshore wind procurement, one argument has largely been missing from the go-big side – saving money. Now the go-big forces are marshaling pricing and reliability arguments as well.
Posted inState Government
State starts fiscal 2025 with drop in revenue
State tax revenue in July was down $18 million, or 0.7 percent, over the same month last year, a gap state officials say would have been even greater but for a quirk of timing.
Posted inOpinion
Bike lane brouhaha a test of Boston’s resolve
The great Florentine observer of human nature, Nicolo Machiavelli, famously wrote, “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” Boston leaders are learning that lesson anew as they push to end the era of automobile dominance in urban mobility.