BOSTON, REVERE, AND THE CASINO OPERATOR Mohegan Sun on Tuesday argued they should be allowed to continue their legal challenge to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s award of a Greater Boston […]
Judge skeptical of Boston’s casino challenge
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
DeLeo backs north-south rail link
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SAYING IT WOULD BE A “TERRIBLE MISTAKE” for the state to embark upon an expansion of South Station at the expense of a rail tunnel linking […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Healey slams Baker’s DPU in letter
What follows is a letter from a top aide to Attorney General Maura Healey to Kimberly Bose of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline project. […]
Posted inState House News Service, The Download
Three takes on Bella
Three female journalists offer three interesting takes on the Bella Bond tragedy. Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi says those moved by the case should skip the teddy bear memorials and […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics, State House News Service
DeLeo prefers omnibus energy bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO said he wants to avoid a piecemeal approach to energy law changes and would prefer to deal with them all in a […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Baker gets a pass from Dems
If the state’s Republican governor — he of the sky-high poll numbers, the cabinet littered with Democrats, and a bromantic attachment to Boston’s union-bred mayor — was going to get […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Looking beyond the Green Line extension
MUCH HAS BEEN MADE about who exactly is to blame for the failure of our rail system in Massachusetts last winter. The question is not whether or not there is […]
Posted inGambling, State House News Service
Feds OK tribal land for Mashpee casino
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE won a major victory in its quest to build a resort casino in Taunton on Friday, receiving approval for 321 acres of […]
Posted inEconomy, The Download
Running the math on Black Mass
The producers of Black Mass and the Motion Picture Association of America used some very selective Hollywood editing this week to plug the Massachusetts film tax credit. With the tax […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Transportation
The lowdown on Sullivan Square
IF YOU DON’T live in or around Charlestown, chances are you have no idea why so much of the Wynn Resorts casino debate centers around fixing traffic problems in Sullivan […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, State House News Service
Bill would end license suspensions for drug convictions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SENATE LEADERS PLAN a vote next week to repeal a state law mandating that anyone convicted of a drug offense, regardless of whether their crime involved the […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service, The Download
GOP debate only skin deep
With reality TV star Donald Trump leading the field, should anyone have been surprised that the most memorable moment of the longest presidential debate in history was about appearances? Trump, as […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Taxi regulations could also change
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A MODERNIZATION OF THE TAXI CAB INDUSTRY could be integrated into legislative efforts to regulate ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, according to a House lawmaker […]
Posted inEnvironment
Is Baker having a Cape Wind moment?
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S PROPOSAL to import hydropower from Canada would end up raising electricity prices in Massachusetts and have limited impact on reducing carbon emissions, according to a report released […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
Charter school chess match
With yesterday’s filing of a class-action lawsuit challenging state limits on charter schools, the debate over the publicly-funded, but independently operated, schools becomes a complicated chess match that will now […]
Posted inTransportation
No common ground in Uber fight
WITH A RAINBOW of partisans as a backdrop – hundreds of Uber supporters in blue, a near-equal number of taxi drivers in bright yellow, and a smattering of Lyft devotees in […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Healey, Kraft launch antiviolence initiative
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Tuesday announced a violence prevention initiative aimed at high school students across the state. With $500,000 from the […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Kinder Morgan chief promises lower prices
LAST WEEK, TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO. began another series of open houses to provide important information about its proposed Northeast Energy Direct project aimed at bringing much-needed natural gas to […]
Posted inThe Download, Transportation
The Uber hearing
Today’s State House hearing on bills to regulate ride-sharing apps such as Uber and Lyft is likely to ignore the elephant in the room. Lawmakers will hear testimony on bills to regulate the […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion, Politics
A higher ed turning point
STATE FUNDING FOR the University of Massachusetts system is up for debate once again on Beacon Hill. Gov. Charlie Baker and legislative leaders want UMass President Marty Meehan and the […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
T begins targeting absenteeism rate
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOPING TO REDUCE ABSENTEEISM at the MBTA, transit officials have begun looking at the roots of the problem and making human resources hires. They are also […]
Posted inEnvironment, State House News Service
Beaton: Hydropower data not yet available
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ACCUSED BY A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE EXECUTIVE of failing to back up Baker administration policy proposals with numbers or analysis, the state’s energy chief said Monday […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
DCF continues to struggle
Ten years ago, Haleigh Poutre arrived at a Westfield hospital with grievous injuries inflicted by her aunt (who was also her adoptive mother) and stepfather. The 11-year-old was nearly removed from […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Transportation
On ride-sharing, Legislature must embrace innovation
MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN the cradle of innovation since our country’s birth. Big ideas, groundbreaking solutions and global advances in technology, medicine, government and education have been launched in our Commonwealth. […]