Things that don’t happen usually don’t make for big news. And just because they haven’t happened doesn’t mean they can’t or won’t. With all that conditional couching, Kevin Cullen nonetheless […]
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Posted inOpinion, Transportation
GLX: It’s not just about transportation
I GUESS EVERY ORGANIZATION needs a mission statement. So in 2010, the senior staff of the newly created MassDOT was taking a crack at it, one day, around the secretary’s […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Opinion
Boston Public Market: Looks great, makes sense
DO YOU REMEMBER the first time you went to Whole Foods and saw the perfect stacks of flawless carrots and oranges? You might have wondered: grocery store or toy store […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, The Download
Chism judge evicts press, public for 15 minutes
The judge in the Philip Chism murder trial kicked the press and the public out of his Salem courtroom for about 15 minutes this week to prevent the release of […]
Posted inUncategorized
Globe moving newsroom to 53 State St.
The BOSTON GLOBE SAID ON THURSDAY it plans to shut down its sprawling offices on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester by the end of next year and move its news and […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, The Back Story
Probation case drags on and on
NEARLY SIX YEARS after the Probation Department patronage scandal exploded into public view, almost four years after three top officials were indicted, 18 months after their convictions, and nearly one […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA dumps Green Line contractors
THE MBTA ON THURSDAY CANCELED THE CONTRACTS of the four major firms working on the Green Line extension and announced it was also going to shake up its own internal […]
Posted inThe Download, Transportation
Pollack’s dilemma: Be careful what you wish for
When Gov. Charlie Baker tapped Stephanie Pollack as transportation secretary, it was a choice that surprised many on both sides. How would one of the state’s most passionate advocates for […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Red Line train goes 4 stops without operator
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A 51-year-old Red Line motorman who saw his train exiting Braintree Station without anyone at the controls early Thursday morning quickly alerted MBTA personnel at the […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Healey names Berwick to Health Policy Commission
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FORMER GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DON BERWICK, who once held a top health post in the Obama administration, will join the state’s Health Policy Commission next year as […]
Posted inTransportation
State begins pruning Green Line extension
STATE OFFICIALS TURNED TO OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS on Wednesday for help in deciding whether they should build the Green Line extension to Somerville and also ordered the MBTA not to approve […]
Posted inEducation
No Child Left Behind is gone
(This story, which originally reported on Congressional passage of the bill, was updated after President Obama signed the legislation on December 10.) THE NO CHILD Left Behind law has been […]
Posted inGambling, The Download
The thrill is gone at Plainridge
Make it local or make it Vegas but don’t make it lame seems to be the takeaway for Penn National Gaming, the gaming giant that runs the Plainridge Park Casino. […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn-Walsh meeting called positive
LAS VEGAS CASINO DEVELOPER STEVE WYNN held a “positive and helpful” meeting with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Tuesday about his Everett casino proposal and then announced late in the […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Tapping the workforce potential of our Gateway Cities
WITH A SERIOUS labor shortage looming, the drumbeat for demand-driven education and training is growing louder by the day. As a Commonwealth, we must take a fresh approach to addressing […]
Posted inThe Download
Trump jumps the shark
Has Donald Trump finally gone too far? In calling for a complete ban on all Muslims entering the United States, the bombastic businessman appears to have jumped the shark. Most, […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Baker bill empowers municipalities
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE REVIVING AN EFFORT that stalled under his predecessor, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday proposed legislation that would give local officials control over the number of liquor […]
Posted inOpinion
Affordable housing at risk
Solving the Massachusetts affordable housing crisis will not be possible unless we preserve existing housing as well as produce new homes. Given the housing production constraints Massachusetts faces, losing even […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Massachusetts can’t lag on climate change
Last week, President Obama met with leaders from small island states at the UN Climate negotiations in Paris. During his opening speech, Obama reconfirmed his international commitments, saying “tomorrow we’ll […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
The trauma of everyday terror
It’s the sheer randomness of the violence that sends such shivers. One minute people are blithely going about their business without a care; the next they are in the grip […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
A tale of two transit systems
OUR FUTURE, ROBERT KENNEDY ONCE SAID, lies beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. This was an optimistic view of our ability to anticipate (rather than […]
Posted inGambling
Mohegan Sun v. Wynn – Round 2
BOLSTERED BY A JUDGE’S FAVORABLE RULING, Mohegan Sun said on Friday that it plans to challenge the way in which the Massachusetts Gaming Commission last year awarded a casino license […]
Posted inOpinion
Clean energy industry: Job numbers solid
By Emily Reichert The December 3, 2015 article “Do clean energy jobs add up?” in Commonwealth Magazine raises questions about the methodology of counting jobs in Massachusetts in the annual report on […]
Posted inGambling, Uncategorized
Walsh body language: Time to move on
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH sounded on Friday morning like someone who was about to give up his nasty court fight against the Wynn Resorts casino in Everett, but he said […]