STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Uber plans to offer its pool car service at reduced fares on early-morning weekend hours to help people “transition” out of extended-hours MBTA weekend service, which […]
Uber offers temporary $5 late-night fare
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
Boston students protest inadequate funding
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS held a protest march to the State House Monday to advocate for more school funding, Mayor Marty Walsh said that the […]
Posted inTransportation
T board to unveil new online dashboard
THE FIVE MEMBERS of the MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board on Monday briefed state lawmakers on their progress, offering a glimpse of a new online dashboard that will chart […]
Posted inEconomy, Health Care, Opinion
Even the paying field for hospitals
THE OVERRIDING MESSAGE from voters across the country to the political establishment could not be clearer: Level the increasingly tilted economic playing field. Stop giving 95 percent of the economic […]
Posted inThe Download
A region coming apart
In this time of attention to growing income inequality in the US, the Boston Sunday Globe layered on a look at an important corollary to the separation of incomes: the […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Common Core supports great teaching
AS A TEACHER passionate about the subject of civics, I am dedicated to the idea that every student leaves my classroom with the tools to succeed as a citizen of […]
Posted inEconomy, Education
Doubts over controversial construction method
A NEW STUDY released by a conservative think tank says schools built in Massachusetts under a relatively new construction approach cost taxpayers far more than similar projects built using the […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Don’t regulate Uber out of existence
EVERYONE LIKES TO HAVE OPTIONS. Massachusetts certainly has plenty of them. Hundreds of colleges and universities, some of the best sports teams in the country, and countless lively bars and […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
House bill: No fingerprinting for Uber drivers
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DRIVERS FOR RIDE-FOR-HIRE SERVICES such as Uber would have to undergo a two-step background check process, but would not be required to submit to fingerprinting under a […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
For the record, Trump is a little off-base
Word leaked out several days ago a recent meeting Donald Trump held with the New York Times editorial board included assertions by the bombastic billionaire that what he’s saying on […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Walsh backs MBTA fare hike
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH A VOTE ON FARE HIKES expected Monday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday gave general support to the idea of charging riders more for MBTA […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Back Story
Bogus Health Connector website shut down
The Baker administration has shut down a shadowy commercial website masquerading as the official Massachusetts Health Connector and referring customers to health insurers while collecting a fee in the process. […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Stagger the fare increase on T passes
ON MONDAY, MARCH 7, the MBTA Fiscal Management & Control Board (FMCB) is scheduled to vote on a specific fare increase plan that would take effect this July. The MBTA […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
The GOP’s no-win proposition
Barney Frank once shared this bit of wisdom with a would-be candidate for a seat on the Boston City Council: You could lose or, even worse, you might win. For […]
Posted inOpinion
We must listen to racism concerns at schools
THE RECENT CONTROVERSY at Boston Latin School around racial insensitivity echoes a nationwide student movement against racism on campus. Using the hashtag #BlackatBLS, students have been sharing their personal experiences […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Building a developmentally appropriate justice system
YOUNG PEOPLE between the ages of 18 and 24 fill up America’s prisons and return behind bars faster than anyone else. This troubling reality is not taken lightly in Massachusetts, […]
Posted inEnvironment
DeLeo officially backs offshore wind
HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO on Wednesday made official what his lieutenants have been saying, that the omnibus energy bill scheduled to come up for a vote in April will include […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Clinton v. Trump: What they said and how they said it
Someone tuning in Tuesday night to the nation’s presidential race saw two frontrunners on television who couldn’t have been more different stylistically and politically. Hillary Clinton hosted a traditional campaign […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Pike open-road tolling moving into place
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts drivers can expect to see a lot more technology on the roads later this year when the Department of Transportation begins to roll out its […]
Posted inEnvironment
Beaton offers no commitment on offshore wind
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION’S POINT PERSON on energy told an offshore wind conference on Tuesday that the governor is very interested in the technology, but offered no commitments. Matthew Beaton, the […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Transit once again taking back seat to car
How strong is the grip of auto-centric thinking in the “progressive” state of Massachusetts? Pretty strong. Stronger, in fact, than you might think. In the state whose voters rejected increasing […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Baker’s Trump problem
Charlie Baker, like the Republican Party nationally, doesn’t know what to do about Donald Trump. Like a runaway train, Trump increasingly seems like he’s headed for victory in today’s Super […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
T oversight board hears cons, pros on fare hike
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Public comments skewed heavily against fare hikes ahead of an MBTA control board discussion on proposals that would raise rider fares an average of either 6.7 […]
Posted inEnvironment
House leaders: Price key in energy bill
HOUSE LEADERS, OFFERING UP SOME TANTALIZING CLUES about the omnibus energy legislation they are developing, said the bill will emerge sometime around mid-April and deal in some fashion or another […]